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Brits vs Franklin

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BritsWinner
82.0

Brits wins: Longevity, Statistics

Franklin
81.8

Franklin wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Grant Brits
82.0

Brits leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic relay medallist and a world championship relay gold medallist.

1. Grant Brits
82.0
2. Missy Franklin
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. 🇺🇸 Missy Franklin5 seasons played · career day 2,190627.1 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Grant Brits5 seasons played · career day 1,825336 major golds
-46.4% vs Franklin at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Brits0050109336696
🇺🇸 Franklin000126500.56885.06

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.

MetricBritsActiveFranklinRetired
Olympic medals16
World Championship gold medals1
Commonwealth Games medals2
Australian titles4
Olympic appearances2
Olympic golds5
World Championship golds11
World records2
200 m backstroke record (s)124.06
Golds at one Worlds6
Dominance w25%7880
Peak w20%8890
Longevity w20%7670
Honours w20%8486
Statistics w15%8684

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Brits82.0
Franklin81.8
The people
Brits
Franklin

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