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Barratt vs Berens

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BarrattWinner
81.4

Barratt wins: Longevity

Berens
81.4

Berens wins: Dominance, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Bronte Barratt
81.4

Barratt leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic relay champion in Beijing 2008 with the 4x200 m freestyle team.

1. Bronte Barratt
81.4
2. Ricky Berens
81.4

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. 🇺🇸 Ricky Berens5 seasons played · career day 1,82522 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Bronte Barratt5 seasons played · career day 1,82518 major golds
-18.2% vs Berens at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Barratt00251831
🇺🇸 Berens00382232

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.

MetricBarrattRetiredBerensRetired
Olympic golds12
Olympic medals3
World Championship medals5
Commonwealth golds3
Olympic appearances32
World Championship golds5
World records2
200 m freestyle best105.6
Dominance w25%7476
Peak w20%9090
Longevity w20%8074
Honours w20%8082
Statistics w15%8688

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GOAT Rank · the data
Barratt81.4
Berens81.4
The people
Barratt
Berens

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