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Beardsley vs Kapás

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BeardsleyWinner
80.5

Beardsley wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Kapás
80.5

Kapás wins: Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Craig Beardsley
80.5

Beardsley leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. World record holder in the 200 metres butterfly and a Pan American champion.

1. Craig Beardsley
80.5
2. Boglárka Kapás
80.5

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. 🇺🇸 Craig Beardsley5 seasons played · career day 1,825373 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇭🇺 Boglárka Kapás5 seasons played · career day 1,825344 major golds
-7.8% vs Beardsley at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Beardsley0050124373428
🇭🇺 Kapás0050110344688

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.

MetricBeardsleyRetiredKapásRetired
World records set2
Pan American titles1
US titles5
NCAA titles2
World ranking number ones3
World Championship titles1
Olympic medals1
European titles3
Hungarian records5
Olympic Games contested3
Dominance w25%8274
Peak w20%9286
Longevity w20%6482
Honours w20%7882
Statistics w15%8880

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GOAT Rank · the data
Beardsley80.5
Kapás80.5
The people
Beardsley
Kapás

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