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Scott vs Hagino

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ScottWinner
82.3

Scott wins: Longevity

Hagino
82.3

Hagino wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Duncan Scott
82.3

Scott leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Won four medals in Tokyo, the most by a British athlete at a single Olympic Games.

1. Duncan Scott
82.3
2. Kosuke Hagino
82.3

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 Scott5 seasons played · career day 1,826404 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇯🇵 Kosuke Hagino5 seasons played · career day 1,82615 major golds
-96.3% vs Scott at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Scott0070146318770
🇯🇵 Hagino00141219

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.

MetricScottActiveHaginoRetired
Olympic gold medals21
Olympic medals84
World Championship golds31
Commonwealth Games golds6
Olympic Games contested3
Asian Games golds11
Pan Pacific golds4
Dominance w25%8082
Peak w20%8890
Longevity w20%8074
Honours w20%8282
Statistics w15%8284

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Scott82.3
Hagino82.3
The people
Scott
Hagino

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