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Evans vs Pellegrini

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EvansWinner
86.3

Evans wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Pellegrini
83.4

Pellegrini wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Janet Evans
86.3

Evans leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Her 800 m freestyle world record stood for nearly 19 years.

1. Janet Evans
86.3
2. Federica Pellegrini
83.4

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. 🇺🇸 Janet Evans5 seasons played · career day 2,1902,511.2 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇮🇹 Federica Pellegrini5 seasons played · career day 2,19116 major golds
-99.4% vs Evans at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Evans0005052,006.244,041.24
🇮🇹 Pellegrini00011026

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.

MetricEvansRetiredPellegriniRetired
Olympic golds41
World Championship golds4
World records711
800 m freestyle record (s)499.24
Olympic medals52
US titles45
World titles6
European titles13
Dominance w25%8680
Peak w20%9286
Longevity w20%7888
Honours w20%8880
Statistics w15%8884

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GOAT Rank · the data
Evans86.3
Pellegrini83.4
The people
Evans
Pellegrini

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