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Beard vs Pellegrini

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BeardWinner
83.5

Beard wins: Peak, Honours

Pellegrini
83.4

Pellegrini wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Amanda Beard
83.5

Beard leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic medallist across four Games, 200 m breaststroke champion in Athens 2004.

1. Amanda Beard
83.5
2. Federica Pellegrini
83.4

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. 🇮🇹 Federica Pellegrini5 seasons played · career day 2,19116 major golds
-95.9% vs Beard at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Beard0086158304754
🇮🇹 Pellegrini00011026

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.

MetricBeardRetiredPellegriniRetired
Olympic gold medals2
Olympic medals72
World Championship golds2
World records set1
Olympic Games contested4
Olympic golds1
World titles6
World records11
European titles13
Dominance w25%8080
Peak w20%8886
Longevity w20%8688
Honours w20%8280
Statistics w15%8284

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GOAT Rank · the data
Beard83.5
Pellegrini83.4
The people
Beard
Pellegrini

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