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le Clos vs Meagher
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le ClosWinner
87.8le Clos wins: Longevity, Honours
Meagher
86.7Meagher wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇿🇦 Chad le Clos
87.8
le Clos leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Chad le Clos
2. Mary T. Meagher
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 season1. 🇿🇦 Chad le Clos5 seasons played · career day 2,556567.9 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Mary T. Meagher5 seasons played · career day 1,825444 major golds
-21.8% vs le Clos at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇿🇦 le Clos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 228.4 | 793.7 |
| 🇺🇸 Meagher | 0 | 0 | 70 | 162 | 444 | 776 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | le ClosActive | MeagherRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic golds | 1 | — |
| Olympic medals | 4 | 5 |
| World short course golds | 17 | — |
| Commonwealth golds | 8 | — |
| 200m butterfly best (sec) | 112.68 | — |
| Olympic gold medals | — | 3 |
| World Championship golds | — | 3 |
| World records set | — | 7 |
| Years holding 200 fly world record | — | 19 |
| Dominance w25% | 84 | 88 |
| Peak w20% | 92 | 94 |
| Longevity w20% | 88 | 76 |
| Honours w20% | 88 | 86 |
| Statistics w15% | 88 | 90 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
le Clos87.8
Meagher86.7
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