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Anderson vs Ahmann-Leighton

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
Ahmann-LeightonWinner
77.9

Ahmann-Leighton wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Anderson
77.0

Anderson wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Crissy Ahmann-Leighton
77.9

Ahmann-Leighton leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Double Olympic relay champion in Barcelona in 1992.

1. Crissy Ahmann-Leighton
77.9
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. 🇺🇸 Crissy Ahmann-Leighton5 seasons played · career day 1,825297 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Freya Anderson5 seasons played · career day 2,19129 major golds
-90.2% vs Ahmann-Leighton at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Anderson00031444
🇺🇸 Ahmann-Leighton0060.4120297.04297.04

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.

MetricAndersonActiveAhmann-LeightonRetired
Olympic golds12
World Championship medals4
European titles5
Commonwealth medals2
Olympic Games appearances2
Olympic medals3
NCAA titles7
100 m butterfly best58.74
US national titles4
Dominance w25%7274
Peak w20%8890
Longevity w20%6862
Honours w20%7682
Statistics w15%8484

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GOAT Rank · the data
Ahmann-Leighton77.9
Anderson77.0
The people
Anderson
Ahmann-Leighton

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