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Brits vs Hansen

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BritsWinner
82.0

Brits wins: Honours, Statistics

Hansen
81.8

Hansen wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Grant Brits
82.0

Brits leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic relay medallist and a world championship relay gold medallist.

1. Grant Brits
82.0
2. Brendan Hansen
81.8

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. 🇺🇸 Brendan Hansen5 seasons played · career day 1,826404 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Grant Brits5 seasons played · career day 1,825336 major golds
-16.8% vs Hansen at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Brits0050109336696
🇺🇸 Hansen0062136308748

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.

MetricBritsActiveHansenRetired
Olympic medals16
World Championship gold medals1
Commonwealth Games medals2
Australian titles4
Olympic appearances2
Olympic gold medals3
World Championship golds4
World records set5
Olympic Games contested3
Dominance w25%7878
Peak w20%8888
Longevity w20%7682
Honours w20%8480
Statistics w15%8682

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Brits82.0
Hansen81.8
The people
Brits
Hansen

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