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Pellegrini vs Spitz

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SpitzWinner
87.5

Spitz wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Pellegrini
83.4

Pellegrini wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Mark Spitz
87.5

Spitz leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Seven golds and seven world records at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

1. Mark Spitz
87.5
2. Federica Pellegrini
83.4

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. 🇺🇸 Mark Spitz5 seasons played · career day 2,55526 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇮🇹 Federica Pellegrini5 seasons played · career day 2,19116 major golds
-38.5% vs Spitz at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇮🇹 Pellegrini00011026
🇺🇸 Spitz00001535

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.

MetricPellegriniRetiredSpitzRetired
Olympic golds19
World titles6
Olympic medals211
World records1133
European titles13
World Championship golds5
Golds at one Games7
Pan American golds5
Dominance w25%8090
Peak w20%8696
Longevity w20%8870
Honours w20%8090
Statistics w15%8492

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GOAT Rank · the data
Spitz87.5
Pellegrini83.4
The people
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