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Wiffen vs Boyle

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BoyleWinner
80.2

Boyle wins: Longevity, Statistics

Wiffen
79.9

Wiffen wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇳🇿 Lauren Boyle
80.2

Boyle leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. New Zealand's most decorated swimmer with world championship medals in distance freestyle.

1. Lauren Boyle
80.2
2. Daniel Wiffen
79.9

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. 🇳🇿 Lauren Boyle5 seasons played · career day 2,19018 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇮🇪 Daniel Wiffen5 seasons played · career day 1,8256 major golds
-66.7% vs Boyle at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇮🇪 Wiffen0000611
🇳🇿 Boyle00021339

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.

MetricWiffenActiveBoyleRetired
Olympic gold medals1
Olympic bronze medals1
World Championship golds2
World records11
European Championship golds2
World Championship medals3
Short-course world titles1
Commonwealth Games medals3
Olympic finals3
Dominance w25%8274
Peak w20%9290
Longevity w20%6478
Honours w20%7876
Statistics w15%8486

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Boyle80.2
Wiffen79.9
The people
Wiffen
Boyle

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