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Buschschulte vs Lochte

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BuschschulteWinner
86.3

Buschschulte wins: Peak, Longevity, Statistics

Lochte
86.1

Lochte wins: Dominance, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇩🇪 Antje Buschschulte
86.3

Buschschulte leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Won seven Olympic and twenty European medals across four Games.

1. Antje Buschschulte
86.3
2. Ryan Lochte
86.1

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. 🇺🇸 Ryan Lochte5 seasons played · career day 1,826582.6 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇩🇪 Antje Buschschulte5 seasons played · career day 1,825256 major golds
-56.1% vs Lochte at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇩🇪 Buschschulte004086256560
🇺🇸 Lochte00118235467.31,040.97

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.

MetricBuschschulteRetiredLochteRetired
Olympic medals712
European titles9
World Championship medals839
Olympic Games contested4
German titles40
Olympic golds6
World Championship golds18
World records3
200 m medley record (s)114
Dominance w25%8082
Peak w20%9088
Longevity w20%8886
Honours w20%8688
Statistics w15%9088

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Buschschulte86.3
Lochte86.1
The people
Buschschulte
Lochte

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