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Bainbridge vs Oleksiak

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BainbridgeWinner
78.9

Bainbridge wins: Longevity, Statistics

Oleksiak
78.7

Oleksiak wins: Dominance, Peak

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Angie Bainbridge
78.9

Bainbridge leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic relay medallist and Commonwealth Games champion for Australia.

1. Angie Bainbridge
78.9
2. Penny Oleksiak
78.7

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. 🇨🇦 Penny Oleksiak5 seasons played · career day 1,826422 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Angie Bainbridge5 seasons played · career day 1,826356 major golds
-15.6% vs Oleksiak at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Bainbridge0052114266616
🇨🇦 Oleksiak0094170334634

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.

MetricBainbridgeRetiredOleksiakActive
Olympic medals17
Commonwealth Games gold medals2
World Championship medals25
Australian titles3
Olympic appearances1
Olympic gold medals1
Commonwealth Games golds2
Olympic Games contested3
Dominance w25%7476
Peak w20%8588
Longevity w20%7472
Honours w20%8080
Statistics w15%8478

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GOAT Rank · the data
Bainbridge78.9
Oleksiak78.7
The people
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