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Schollander vs Meilutytė

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SchollanderWinner
84.8

Schollander wins: Dominance, Honours, Statistics

Meilutytė
84.7

Meilutytė wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Don Schollander
84.8

Schollander leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. First swimmer to win four gold medals at a single Olympic Games, in Tokyo 1964.

1. Don Schollander
84.8
2. Rūta Meilutytė
84.7

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. 🇺🇸 Don Schollander5 seasons played · career day 1,82514 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇱🇹 Rūta Meilutytė5 seasons played · career day 1,82612 major golds
-14.3% vs Schollander at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Schollander00251418
🇱🇹 Meilutytė00371113

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.

MetricSchollanderRetiredMeilutytėActive
Olympic gold medals51
Olympic silver medals1
World records225
Golds at a single Games4
Sullivan Awards1
World Championship golds4
European Championship golds6
Age at Olympic title15
Dominance w25%8884
Peak w20%9494
Longevity w20%6878
Honours w20%8682
Statistics w15%8886

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Schollander84.8
Meilutytė84.7
The people
Schollander
Meilutytė

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