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van Bentum vs Meyer

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van BentumWinner
84.4

van Bentum wins: Longevity

Meyer
84.4

Meyer wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇳🇱 Conny van Bentum
84.4

van Bentum leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Won Olympic relay bronze in 1988 across four Olympic appearances.

1. Conny van Bentum
84.4
2. Debbie Meyer
84.4

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. 🇺🇸 Debbie Meyer5 seasons played · career day 1,825436 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇳🇱 Conny van Bentum5 seasons played · career day 1,826323 major golds
-25.9% vs Meyer at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇳🇱 van Bentum0050107244668
🇺🇸 Meyer0080176436496

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.

Metricvan BentumRetiredMeyerRetired
Olympic medals1
European Championship medals5
Olympic appearances4
World Championship medals2
Dutch titles20
Olympic gold medals3
Individual Olympic golds3
World records set15
US national titles19
Olympic Games contested1
Dominance w25%8088
Peak w20%8894
Longevity w20%8466
Honours w20%8486
Statistics w15%8888

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GOAT Rank · the data
van Bentum84.4
Meyer84.4
The people
van Bentum
Meyer

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