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Anke vs Renshaw

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AnkeWinner
82.6

Anke wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Renshaw
82.5

Renshaw wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇩🇪 Hannelore Anke
82.6

Anke leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic 100 metres breaststroke champion in 1976 with two relay golds.

1. Hannelore Anke
82.6
2. Molly Renshaw
82.5

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. 🇩🇪 Hannelore Anke5 seasons played · career day 1,825351 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Molly Renshaw5 seasons played · career day 1,826286 major golds
-18.5% vs Anke at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇩🇪 Anke0050116351351
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Renshaw004596216626

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.

MetricAnkeRetiredRenshawRetired
Olympic gold medals2
World Championship titles2
World records set4
European titles12
Olympic medals2
Commonwealth medals3
British titles10
World Championship finals4
Olympic finals2
Dominance w25%8478
Peak w20%9488
Longevity w20%6284
Honours w20%8680
Statistics w15%8884

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GOAT Rank · the data
Anke82.6
Renshaw82.5
The people
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Renshaw

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