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Bovell vs O'Callaghan

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BovellWinner
84.0

Bovell wins: Longevity

O'Callaghan
83.9

O'Callaghan wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇹🇹 George Bovell
84.0

Bovell leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic medley bronze medallist and a short-course world champion.

1. George Bovell
84.0
2. Mollie O'Callaghan
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. 🇦🇺 Mollie O'Callaghan5 seasons played · career day 1,82523 major golds
-93.4% vs Bovell at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇹🇹 Bovell0045103256690
🇦🇺 O'Callaghan00382323

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.

MetricBovellRetiredO'CallaghanActive
Olympic medals18
Short-course world titles1
Olympic Games contested5
Pan American medals5
National records set20
Olympic gold medals5
World Championship golds12
World records1
Commonwealth golds3
Dominance w25%7886
Peak w20%9094
Longevity w20%8866
Honours w20%8086
Statistics w15%8688

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GOAT Rank · the data
Bovell84.0
O'Callaghan83.9
The people
Bovell
O'Callaghan

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