Hopkin vs Ledecky
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Ledecky wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics
Hopkin wins: no category outright
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Verdict
Ledecky leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. Distance freestyle untouched for over a decade across four Olympic Games.
Hopkin — Insufficient verified career data to calculate a reliable GOAT Score.
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
Setting the pace at age 21
No verified birth date for Hopkin — shown in the pro-debut view instead.
Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 21, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.
| Metric | HopkinActive | LedeckyActive |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic gold medals | 1 | — |
| World Championship titles | 2 | — |
| European titles | 2 | — |
| British records set | 2 | — |
| Commonwealth medals | 2 | — |
| Olympic golds | — | 9 |
| Olympic medals | — | 14 |
| World titles (LC) | — | 21 |
| World records set | — | 16 |
| Olympic Games | — | 4 |
| Dominance w25% | 78 | 97 |
| Peak w20% | 90 | 96 |
| Longevity w20% | 76 | 90 |
| Honours w20% | 84 | 96 |
| Statistics w15% | 84 | 94 |
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