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Adams vs Arantes

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AdamsWinner
79.7

Adams wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Arantes
79.6

Arantes wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Cammile Adams
79.7

Adams leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Two-time Olympian and a Pan Pacific champion in the 200 metres butterfly.

1. Cammile Adams
79.7
2. Rômulo Arantes
79.6

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. 🇧🇷 Rômulo Arantes5 seasons played · career day 1,826358 major golds
-0.6% vs Adams at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Adams0050111360490
🇧🇷 Arantes0052114267620

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.

MetricAdamsRetiredArantesRetired
Pan Pacific titles1
World Championship medals1
Olympic finals2
US titles4
NCAA titles1
Pan American gold medals1
Pan American medals4
Olympic appearances3
South American titles10
Brazilian records8
Dominance w25%7874
Peak w20%8886
Longevity w20%7078
Honours w20%8080
Statistics w15%8482

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GOAT Rank · the data
Adams79.7
Arantes79.6
The people
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