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Campbell vs Coventry

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CampbellWinner
90.1

Campbell wins: Honours

Coventry
89.7

Coventry wins: no category outright

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Cate Campbell
90.1

Campbell leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. Four-time Olympic champion in the relays and a former 100 m freestyle world record holder.

1. Cate Campbell
90.1
2. Kirsty Coventry
89.7

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. 🇦🇺 Cate Campbell5 seasons played · career day 1,826266.9 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇿🇼 Kirsty Coventry5 seasons played · career day 1,82646 major golds
-82.8% vs Campbell at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Campbell0053.8107.4214476.3
🇿🇼 Coventry0020344552

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.

MetricCampbellRetiredCoventryRetired
Olympic golds4
Olympic medals87
World Championship golds11
100 m freestyle best51.9
Olympic Games4
Olympic gold medals2
World Championship titles4
World records set2
Olympic Games contested5
Dominance w25%8686
Peak w20%9494
Longevity w20%9090
Honours w20%9088
Statistics w15%9292

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GOAT Rank · the data
Campbell90.1
Coventry89.7
The people
Campbell
Coventry

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