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Baron vs Bunaciu

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BaronWinner
78.2

Baron wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Bunaciu
78.2

Bunaciu wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇸🇪 Bengt Baron
78.2

Baron leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Won Sweden's 100m backstroke Olympic gold in Moscow 1980.

1. Bengt Baron
78.2
2. Carmen Bunaciu
78.2

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. 🇷🇴 Carmen Bunaciu5 seasons played · career day 1,825668.7 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇸🇪 Bengt Baron5 seasons played · career day 2,19012 major golds
-98.2% vs Bunaciu at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇸🇪 Baron00011015
🇷🇴 Bunaciu00136270.5668.71,204.4

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.

MetricBaronRetiredBunaciuRetired
Olympic golds1
European medals2
NCAA titles3
Swedish records10
Olympic Games contested2
European titles2
World Championship medals2
Olympic Games2
200 m backstroke best132.2
National titles20
Dominance w25%7872
Peak w20%9086
Longevity w20%6274
Honours w20%8078
Statistics w15%8284

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GOAT Rank · the data
Baron78.2
Bunaciu78.2
The people
Baron
Bunaciu

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