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Bruhn vs Barrett

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BarrettWinner
78.4

Barrett wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Bruhn
78.3

Bruhn wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Bill Barrett
78.4

Barrett leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Pan American champion and NCAA medley title winner.

1. Bill Barrett
78.4
2. Annika Bruhn
78.3

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. 🇺🇸 Bill Barrett5 seasons played · career day 1,825369 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇩🇪 Annika Bruhn5 seasons played · career day 1,826328 major golds
-11.1% vs Barrett at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇩🇪 Bruhn0050108247626
🇺🇸 Barrett0055122369483

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.

MetricBruhnRetiredBarrettRetired
European Championship medals2
German titles8
Olympic appearances2
World Championship appearances3
National records32
Pan American gold medals2
NCAA titles3
United States titles4
World Championship medals1
Dominance w25%7274
Peak w20%8486
Longevity w20%7872
Honours w20%7880
Statistics w15%8282

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Barrett78.4
Bruhn78.3
The people
Bruhn
Barrett

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