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Bovell vs Manaudou

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BovellWinner
84.0

Bovell wins: Longevity

Manaudou
83.9

Manaudou wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇹🇹 George Bovell
84.0

Bovell leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic medley bronze medallist and a short-course world champion.

1. George Bovell
84.0
2. Laure Manaudou
83.9

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. 🇹🇹 George Bovell5 seasons played · career day 1,826351 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇫🇷 Laure Manaudou5 seasons played · career day 1,82518 major golds
-94.9% vs Bovell at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇹🇹 Bovell0045103256690
🇫🇷 Manaudou00141822

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.

MetricBovellRetiredManaudouRetired
Olympic medals13
Short-course world titles1
Olympic Games contested5
Pan American medals5
National records set20
Olympic gold medals1
World Championship golds5
European Championship golds13
World records5
Dominance w25%7884
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%8874
Honours w20%8084
Statistics w15%8686

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GOAT Rank · the data
Bovell84.0
Manaudou83.9
The people
Bovell
Manaudou

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