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Borges vs Beier

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BorgesWinner
77.8

Borges wins: Longevity

Beier
77.6

Beier wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇧🇷 Gustavo Borges
77.8

Borges leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. Four-time Olympic medallist and the pioneer of modern Brazilian sprint swimming.

1. Gustavo Borges
77.8
2. Roswitha Beier
77.6

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. 🇧🇷 Gustavo Borges5 seasons played · career day 1,826410 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇩🇪 Roswitha Beier5 seasons played · career day 1,825345 major golds
-15.9% vs Borges at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇧🇷 Borges0070146318754
🇩🇪 Beier0058133345345

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.

MetricBorgesRetiredBeierRetired
Olympic medals41
Olympic Games contested4
Short course world titles4
Pan American golds6
South American records20
World Championship medals1
European Championship medals2
National titles3
Olympic appearances1
Dominance w25%7274
Peak w20%8486
Longevity w20%8466
Honours w20%7482
Statistics w15%7682

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GOAT Rank · the data
Borges77.8
Beier77.6
The people
Borges
Beier

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