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Goodhew vs Apple

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AppleWinner
74.1

Apple wins: Peak, Statistics

Goodhew
73.9

Goodhew wins: Dominance, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Zach Apple
74.1

Apple leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Double Olympic relay gold medallist in Tokyo for the United States.

1. Zach Apple
74.1
2. Duncan Goodhew
73.9

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. 🇬🇧 Duncan Goodhew5 seasons played · career day 1,826406 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Zach Apple5 seasons played · career day 2,19126 major golds
-93.6% vs Goodhew at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Goodhew0066140310406
🇺🇸 Apple00031230

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.

MetricGoodhewRetiredAppleRetired
Olympic gold medals1
Olympic medals2
Commonwealth Games medals2
British titles6
Olympic Games contested2
Olympic golds2
World Championship golds3
Olympic Games appearances1
World Championship medals5
Relay world records1
Dominance w25%7268
Peak w20%8688
Longevity w20%6262
Honours w20%7674
Statistics w15%7482

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Apple74.1
Goodhew73.9
The people
Goodhew
Apple

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