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De Bruijn vs Torres

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De BruijnWinner
89.5

De Bruijn wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Torres
89.4

Torres wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇳🇱 Inge de Bruijn
89.5

De Bruijn leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Four Olympic golds and three world records in the summer of 2000.

1. Inge de Bruijn
89.5
2. Dara Torres
89.4

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. 🇺🇸 Dara Torres5 seasons played · career day 2,556126.3 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇳🇱 Inge de Bruijn5 seasons played · career day 3,65218 major golds
-85.7% vs Torres at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇳🇱 De Bruijn0000013
🇺🇸 Torres000076.3175.7

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.

MetricDe BruijnRetiredTorresRetired
Olympic golds44
Olympic medals812
World Championship golds5
World records set11
European titles9
Olympic Games contested5
World records3
50m freestyle best (sec)24.07
Dominance w25%9084
Peak w20%9690
Longevity w20%8096
Honours w20%9090
Statistics w15%9288

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GOAT Rank · the data
De Bruijn89.5
Torres89.4
The people
De Bruijn
Torres

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