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De Bruijn vs Coventry

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CoventryWinner
89.7

Coventry wins: Longevity

De Bruijn
89.5

De Bruijn wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇿🇼 Kirsty Coventry
89.7

Coventry leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Africa's most decorated Olympian with seven medals, including two golds.

1. Kirsty Coventry
89.7
2. Inge de Bruijn
89.5

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. 🇿🇼 Kirsty Coventry5 seasons played · career day 1,82646 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇳🇱 Inge de Bruijn5 seasons played · career day 3,65218 major golds
-60.9% vs Coventry at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇳🇱 De Bruijn0000013
🇿🇼 Coventry0020344552

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 BruijnRetiredCoventryRetired
Olympic golds4
Olympic medals87
World Championship golds5
World records set112
European titles9
Olympic gold medals2
World Championship titles4
Olympic Games contested5
Dominance w25%9086
Peak w20%9694
Longevity w20%8090
Honours w20%9088
Statistics w15%9292

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GOAT Rank · the data
Coventry89.7
De Bruijn89.5
The people
De Bruijn
Coventry

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