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Hopkin vs Gross

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GrossWinner
90.3

Gross wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics

Hopkin
82.1

Hopkin wins: no category outright

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇩🇪 Michael Gross
90.3

Gross leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. The Albatross won three Olympic golds and 13 world titles across two strokes.

HopkinInsufficient verified career data to calculate a reliable GOAT Score.

1. Michael Gross
90.3
2. Anna Hopkin
Pending verification

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. 🇩🇪 Michael Gross5 seasons played · career day 1,82512 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Anna Hopkin0 seasons played0 major golds
-100.0% vs Gross at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Hopkin000000
🇩🇪 Gross00691222

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.

MetricHopkinActiveGrossRetired
Olympic gold medals13
World Championship titles25
European titles213
British records set2
Commonwealth medals2
Olympic medals6
World records set12
Dominance w25%7890
Peak w20%9094
Longevity w20%7684
Honours w20%8492
Statistics w15%8492

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Gross90.3
Hopkin82.1
The people
Hopkin
Gross

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