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Adams vs Nesty

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AdamsWinner
79.7

Adams wins: Longevity, Honours, Statistics

Nesty
79.7

Nesty wins: Dominance, Peak

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Cammile Adams
79.7

Adams leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Two-time Olympian and a Pan Pacific champion in the 200 metres butterfly.

1. Cammile Adams
79.7
2. Anthony Nesty
79.7

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. 🇺🇸 Cammile Adams5 seasons played · career day 1,825360 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇸🇷 Anthony Nesty5 seasons played · career day 1,8255 major golds
-98.6% vs Adams at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Adams0050111360490
🇸🇷 Nesty000157

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.

MetricAdamsRetiredNestyRetired
Pan Pacific titles1
World Championship medals1
Olympic finals2
US titles4
NCAA titles13
Olympic gold medals1
Olympic bronze medals1
World Championship golds1
Pan American golds2
Dominance w25%7882
Peak w20%8892
Longevity w20%7066
Honours w20%8078
Statistics w15%8480

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GOAT Rank · the data
Adams79.7
Nesty79.7
The people
Adams
Nesty

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