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Finke vs Coventry

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FinkeWinner
90.1

Finke wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Coventry
89.7

Coventry wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Robert Finke
90.1

Finke leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Three-time Olympic champion and 1500 m freestyle world-record holder.

1. Robert Finke
90.1
2. Kirsty Coventry
89.7

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. 🇺🇸 Robert Finke5 seasons played · career day 1,825363 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇿🇼 Kirsty Coventry5 seasons played · career day 1,82646 major golds
-87.3% vs Finke at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Finke0060126363740
🇿🇼 Coventry0020344552

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.

MetricFinkeActiveCoventryRetired
Olympic gold medals32
Olympic medals47
World records1
World Championship medals3
NCAA titles4
World Championship titles4
World records set2
Olympic Games contested5
Dominance w25%9086
Peak w20%9594
Longevity w20%8290
Honours w20%9288
Statistics w15%9292

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Finke90.1
Coventry89.7
The people
Finke
Coventry

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