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Anderson vs Bunaciu

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BunaciuWinner
78.2

Bunaciu wins: Longevity, Honours

Anderson
77.0

Anderson wins: Peak

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇷🇴 Carmen Bunaciu
78.2

Bunaciu leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. European backstroke champion and a multiple world championship medallist.

1. Carmen Bunaciu
78.2
2. Freya Anderson
77.0

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. 🇷🇴 Carmen Bunaciu5 seasons played · career day 1,825668.7 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Freya Anderson5 seasons played · career day 2,19129 major golds
-95.7% vs Bunaciu at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Anderson00031444
🇷🇴 Bunaciu00136270.5668.71,204.4

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.

MetricAndersonActiveBunaciuRetired
Olympic golds1
World Championship medals42
European titles52
Commonwealth medals2
Olympic Games appearances2
Olympic Games2
200 m backstroke best132.2
National titles20
Dominance w25%7272
Peak w20%8886
Longevity w20%6874
Honours w20%7678
Statistics w15%8484

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GOAT Rank · the data
Bunaciu78.2
Anderson77.0
The people
Anderson
Bunaciu

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