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De Bruijn vs Coughlin

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De BruijnWinner
89.5

De Bruijn wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Coughlin
89.4

Coughlin wins: Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇳🇱 Inge de Bruijn
89.5

De Bruijn leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Four Olympic golds and three world records in the summer of 2000.

1. Inge de Bruijn
89.5
2. Natalie Coughlin
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. 🇺🇸 Natalie Coughlin5 seasons played · career day 2,921298.1 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇳🇱 Inge de Bruijn5 seasons played · career day 3,65218 major golds
-94.0% vs Coughlin at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇳🇱 De Bruijn0000013
🇺🇸 Coughlin0000119.43357.12

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 BruijnRetiredCoughlinRetired
Olympic golds43
Olympic medals812
World Championship golds56
World records set11
European titles9
World records3
100m backstroke best (sec)58.94
Dominance w25%9086
Peak w20%9692
Longevity w20%8088
Honours w20%9092
Statistics w15%9290

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GOAT Rank · the data
De Bruijn89.5
Coughlin89.4
The people
De Bruijn
Coughlin

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