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Beisel vs Wilkie

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BeiselWinner
81.7

Beisel wins: Longevity, Statistics

Wilkie
81.6

Wilkie wins: Dominance, Peak

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Elizabeth Beisel
81.7

Beisel leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Two Olympic medals in London and a world 400m medley title in 2011.

1. Elizabeth Beisel
81.7
2. David Wilkie
81.6

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. 🇺🇸 Elizabeth Beisel5 seasons played · career day 2,19120 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 David Wilkie5 seasons played · career day 1,8255 major golds
-75.0% vs Beisel at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Beisel00021529
🇬🇧 Wilkie0001510

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.

MetricBeiselRetiredWilkieRetired
Olympic medals2
World Championship golds13
Pan Pacific titles3
US titles7
Olympic Games contested3
Olympic gold medals1
Olympic silver medals2
Commonwealth golds2
World records3
Dominance w25%8084
Peak w20%8890
Longevity w20%7468
Honours w20%8282
Statistics w15%8684

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GOAT Rank · the data
Beisel81.7
Wilkie81.6
The people
Beisel
Wilkie

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