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Burgess vs Baker

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BurgessWinner
76.5

Burgess wins: Longevity

Baker
76.1

Baker wins: Peak

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Greg Burgess
76.5

Burgess leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic silver medallist in the 200 m individual medley in 1992.

1. Greg Burgess
76.5
2. Zoë Baker
76.1

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. 🇺🇸 Greg Burgess5 seasons played · career day 2,191607 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Zoë Baker5 seasons played · career day 2,190155.4 major golds
-74.4% vs Burgess at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Burgess000123365.8850.68
🇬🇧 Baker00031.8124.57186.47

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.

MetricBurgessRetiredBakerRetired
Olympic medals1
World short-course golds11
NCAA titles5
200 m medley best120.28
Pan Pacific medals3
World records1
Commonwealth golds1
50 m breaststroke best30.57
European medals2
Dominance w25%7070
Peak w20%8688
Longevity w20%7066
Honours w20%7676
Statistics w15%8484

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GOAT Rank · the data
Burgess76.5
Baker76.1
The people
Burgess
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