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Bunaciu vs Baron

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BunaciuWinner
78.2

Bunaciu wins: Longevity, Statistics

Baron
78.2

Baron wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇷🇴 Carmen Bunaciu
78.2

Bunaciu leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. European backstroke champion and a multiple world championship medallist.

1. Carmen Bunaciu
78.2
2. Bengt Baron
78.2

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. 🇷🇴 Carmen Bunaciu5 seasons played · career day 1,825668.7 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇸🇪 Bengt Baron5 seasons played · career day 2,19012 major golds
-98.2% vs Bunaciu at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇷🇴 Bunaciu00136270.5668.71,204.4
🇸🇪 Baron00011015

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.

MetricBunaciuRetiredBaronRetired
European titles2
World Championship medals2
Olympic Games2
200 m backstroke best132.2
National titles20
Olympic golds1
European medals2
NCAA titles3
Swedish records10
Olympic Games contested2
Dominance w25%7278
Peak w20%8690
Longevity w20%7462
Honours w20%7880
Statistics w15%8482

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GOAT Rank · the data
Bunaciu78.2
Baron78.2
The people
Bunaciu
Baron

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