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Bedford vs Caron

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BedfordWinner
81.7

Bedford wins: Longevity

Caron
81.7

Caron wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Barbara Bedford
81.7

Bedford leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic relay gold medallist in 2000 and a Pan Pacific champion.

1. Barbara Bedford
81.7
2. Stéphan Caron
81.7

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. 🇫🇷 Stéphan Caron5 seasons played · career day 1,825366 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Barbara Bedford5 seasons played · career day 1,825286 major golds
-21.9% vs Caron at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Bedford004596286626
🇫🇷 Caron0050112366552

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.

MetricBedfordRetiredCaronRetired
Olympic gold medals1
Pan Pacific titles2
NCAA titles5
US titles6
World Championship medals21
Olympic medals2
European titles2
French titles14
European records set2
Dominance w25%7880
Peak w20%8890
Longevity w20%7872
Honours w20%8282
Statistics w15%8486

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GOAT Rank · the data
Bedford81.7
Caron81.7
The people
Bedford
Caron

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