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Aubry vs Ledecky

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LedeckyWinner
94.8

Ledecky wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics

Aubry
82.1

Aubry wins: no category outright

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Katie Ledecky
94.8

Ledecky leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. Distance freestyle untouched for over a decade across four Olympic Games.

AubryInsufficient verified career data to calculate a reliable GOAT Score.

1. Katie Ledecky
94.8
2. David Aubry
Pending verification

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

Through age 21 · Form index per season
1. 🇺🇸 Katie Ledecky636 major golds
7 seasons by age 21 · 90.9 per season

Setting the pace at age 21

No verified birth date for Aubry — shown in the pro-debut view instead.

Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 21, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.

MetricAubryActiveLedeckyActive
World Championship medals2
European titles1
Olympic finals2
French titles8
Open water podiums6
Olympic golds9
Olympic medals14
World titles (LC)21
World records set16
Olympic Games4
Dominance w25%7897
Peak w20%8896
Longevity w20%8090
Honours w20%8296
Statistics w15%8494

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GOAT Rank · the data
Ledecky94.8
Aubry82.1
The people
Aubry
Ledecky

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