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van Bentum vs Hall Jr.

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van BentumWinner
84.4

van Bentum wins: Longevity, Statistics

Hall Jr.
84.3

Hall Jr. wins: Dominance, Peak

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇳🇱 Conny van Bentum
84.4

van Bentum leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Won Olympic relay bronze in 1988 across four Olympic appearances.

1. Conny van Bentum
84.4
2. Gary Hall Jr.
84.3

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. 🇳🇱 Conny van Bentum5 seasons played · career day 1,826323 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Gary Hall Jr.5 seasons played · career day 1,82510 major golds
-96.9% vs van Bentum at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇳🇱 van Bentum0050107244668
🇺🇸 Hall Jr.00131019

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 BentumRetiredHall Jr.Retired
Olympic medals110
European Championship medals5
Olympic appearances4
World Championship medals2
Dutch titles20
Olympic gold medals5
World Championship golds2
Olympic 50 m freestyle titles2
Olympic Games contested3
Dominance w25%8084
Peak w20%8890
Longevity w20%8478
Honours w20%8484
Statistics w15%8886

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GOAT Rank · the data
van Bentum84.4
Hall Jr.84.3
The people
van Bentum
Hall Jr.

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