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Jones vs Burckle

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JonesWinner
78.1

Jones wins: Longevity

Burckle
78.1

Burckle wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Cullen Jones
78.1

Jones leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic relay champion in 2008 and a world record holder in the freestyle relay.

1. Cullen Jones
78.1
2. Caroline Burckle
78.1

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. 🇺🇸 Cullen Jones5 seasons played · career day 1,825383 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Caroline Burckle5 seasons played · career day 1,825348 major golds
-9.1% vs Jones at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Jones0055123383713
🇺🇸 Burckle0050115348348

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.

MetricJonesRetiredBurckleRetired
Olympic gold medals2
Olympic medals41
World records in relays1
World Championship titles2
Olympic Games contested2
NCAA titles2
US national medals3
NCAA Swimmer of the Year awards1
Personal best in the 500 free27,112
Dominance w25%7276
Peak w20%8688
Longevity w20%7666
Honours w20%8080
Statistics w15%7882

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GOAT Rank · the data
Jones78.1
Burckle78.1
The people
Jones
Burckle

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