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Fraser vs Kitajima

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FraserWinner
86.8

Fraser wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Kitajima
85.5

Kitajima wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Dawn Fraser
86.8

Fraser leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Won the 100 m freestyle at three consecutive Olympic Games.

1. Dawn Fraser
86.8
2. Kosuke Kitajima
85.5

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. 🇦🇺 Dawn Fraser5 seasons played · career day 2,191304.2 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇯🇵 Kosuke Kitajima5 seasons played · career day 2,921297.8 major golds
-2.1% vs Fraser at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Fraser00062244.3481.7
🇯🇵 Kitajima0000119.98356.69

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.

MetricFraserRetiredKitajimaRetired
Olympic golds44
Olympic medals87
World records396
Consecutive Olympic titles3
Commonwealth golds6
100 m freestyle best (s)58.9
World Championship golds5
100 m breaststroke best (s)58.9
Asian Games golds8
Dominance w25%8884
Peak w20%9290
Longevity w20%7882
Honours w20%8886
Statistics w15%8886

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GOAT Rank · the data
Fraser86.8
Kitajima85.5
The people
Fraser
Kitajima

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