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Titmus vs Marchand

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MarchandWinner
83.8

Marchand wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Titmus
83.0

Titmus wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇫🇷 Léon Marchand
83.8

Marchand leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Four individual golds at his home Olympics in Paris 2024.

1. Léon Marchand
83.8
2. Ariarne Titmus
83.0

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. 🇫🇷 Léon Marchand5 seasons played · career day 2,5561,222.7 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Ariarne Titmus5 seasons played · career day 2,5561,187.1 major golds
-2.9% vs Marchand at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Titmus0000478.761,659.74
🇫🇷 Marchand0000735.181,222.68

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.

MetricTitmusActiveMarchandActive
Olympic golds44
World Championship golds56
World records32
400 m freestyle record (s)235.38
Olympic medals8
Commonwealth golds6
400 m medley record (s)242.5
Golds at one Games4
European golds3
Dominance w25%8486
Peak w20%9094
Longevity w20%7066
Honours w20%8484
Statistics w15%8890

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GOAT Rank · the data
Marchand83.8
Titmus83.0
The people
Titmus
Marchand

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