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Beard vs Gyurta

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BeardWinner
83.5

Beard wins: Longevity

Gyurta
83.5

Gyurta wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Amanda Beard
83.5

Beard leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic medallist across four Games, 200 m breaststroke champion in Athens 2004.

1. Amanda Beard
83.5
2. Dániel Gyurta
83.5

Category breakdown

Season form · Form index per season

Career timeline · Form index per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Form index per season
1. 🇺🇸 Amanda Beard5 seasons played · career day 1,826386 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇭🇺 Dániel Gyurta5 seasons played · career day 1,8264 major golds
-99.0% vs Beard at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Beard0086158304754
🇭🇺 Gyurta0011313

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 seasons are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.

MetricBeardRetiredGyurtaRetired
Olympic gold medals21
Olympic medals7
World Championship golds22
World records set1
Olympic Games contested4
Olympic silver medals1
World records1
European Championship golds4
Dominance w25%8082
Peak w20%8890
Longevity w20%8680
Honours w20%8282
Statistics w15%8284

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GOAT Rank · the data
Beard83.5
Gyurta83.5
The people
Beard
Gyurta

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