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Babashoff vs Casas

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CasasWinner
79.3

Casas wins: Peak, Statistics

Babashoff
79.2

Babashoff wins: Dominance, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Shaine Casas
79.3

Casas leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. World short-course champion and a World Championship medallist for the United States.

1. Shaine Casas
79.3
2. Deborah Babashoff
79.2

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. 🇺🇸 Shaine Casas5 seasons played · career day 2,190584 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Deborah Babashoff5 seasons played · career day 1,825363 major golds
-37.8% vs Casas at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Babashoff0050114363469
🇺🇸 Casas000118.5468.4814.8

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.

MetricBabashoffRetiredCasasActive
Pan American gold medals1
World Championship medals13
United States titles3
National team years6
Relay medals2
World short-course golds3
NCAA titles2
200 m medley best115.3
US national titles4
Dominance w25%7674
Peak w20%8688
Longevity w20%7272
Honours w20%8078
Statistics w15%8488

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GOAT Rank · the data
Casas79.3
Babashoff79.2
The people
Babashoff
Casas

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