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Hackett vs McKeon

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McKeonWinner
87.0

McKeon wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Hackett
86.2

Hackett wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Emma McKeon
87.0

McKeon leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Australia's most decorated Olympian with 14 Olympic medals.

1. Emma McKeon
87.0
2. Grant Hackett
86.2

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. 🇦🇺 Grant Hackett5 seasons played · career day 2,1914,409 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Emma McKeon5 seasons played · career day 2,55622 major golds
-99.5% vs Hackett at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Hackett0008902,6557,037.56
🇦🇺 McKeon0000734

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.

MetricHackettRetiredMcKeonRetired
Olympic golds36
World Championship golds10
World records2
1500 m best (s)874.56
Olympic medals714
Unbeaten years at 1500 m10
World Championship medals20
Commonwealth golds11
100m freestyle best (sec)51.96
Dominance w25%8486
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%8478
Honours w20%8690
Statistics w15%8890

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GOAT Rank · the data
McKeon87.0
Hackett86.2
The people
Hackett
McKeon

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