Dressel vs Lezak
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Lezak wins: Peak, Longevity
Dressel wins: Dominance, Honours, Statistics
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Verdict
Lezak leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Anchored the greatest relay swim in history at Beijing 2008.
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| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Dressel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 31 |
| 🇺🇸 Lezak | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 20 |
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.
| Metric | DresselActive | LezakRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic golds | 9 | — |
| World Championship golds | 17 | 8 |
| World records | 5 | — |
| 100 m freestyle best (s) | 46.96 | — |
| 100 m butterfly best (s) | 49.45 | — |
| Golds at one Worlds | 8 | — |
| Olympic gold medals | — | 4 |
| Olympic medals | — | 8 |
| Olympic Games contested | — | 4 |
| Relay world records | — | 5 |
| Dominance w25% | 84 | 82 |
| Peak w20% | 92 | 94 |
| Longevity w20% | 74 | 82 |
| Honours w20% | 88 | 84 |
| Statistics w15% | 88 | 84 |
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