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Heemskerk vs Bashkatov

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BashkatovWinner
83.8

Bashkatov wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Heemskerk
83.7

Heemskerk wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇧🇾 Yuri Bashkatov
83.8

Bashkatov leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic relay champion with the Unified Team in 1992.

1. Yuri Bashkatov
83.8
2. Femke Heemskerk
83.7

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.

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Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Form index per season
1. 🇳🇱 Femke Heemskerk5 seasons played · career day 1,825352 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇧🇾 Yuri Bashkatov5 seasons played · career day 1,825342 major golds
-2.8% vs Heemskerk at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇳🇱 Heemskerk0050108352692
🇧🇾 Bashkatov0050109342554

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.

MetricHeemskerkActiveBashkatovRetired
Olympic gold medals11
World Championship medals102
European titles122
Short course world titles6
Years at the top level20
Olympic appearances2
National records set5
Dominance w25%7682
Peak w20%8690
Longevity w20%9274
Honours w20%8488
Statistics w15%8286

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GOAT Rank · the data
Bashkatov83.8
Heemskerk83.7
The people
Heemskerk
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