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Borges vs Ahmann-Leighton

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Ahmann-LeightonWinner
77.9

Ahmann-Leighton wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Borges
77.8

Borges wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Crissy Ahmann-Leighton
77.9

Ahmann-Leighton leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Double Olympic relay champion in Barcelona in 1992.

1. Crissy Ahmann-Leighton
77.9
2. Gustavo Borges
77.8

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.

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Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Form index per season
1. 🇧🇷 Gustavo Borges5 seasons played · career day 1,826410 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Crissy Ahmann-Leighton5 seasons played · career day 1,825297 major golds
-27.6% vs Borges at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇧🇷 Borges0070146318754
🇺🇸 Ahmann-Leighton0060.4120297.04297.04

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.

MetricBorgesRetiredAhmann-LeightonRetired
Olympic medals43
Olympic Games contested4
Short course world titles4
Pan American golds6
South American records20
Olympic golds2
NCAA titles7
100 m butterfly best58.74
US national titles4
Dominance w25%7274
Peak w20%8490
Longevity w20%8462
Honours w20%7482
Statistics w15%7684

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GOAT Rank · the data
Ahmann-Leighton77.9
Borges77.8
The people
Borges
Ahmann-Leighton

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