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Evans vs Perkins

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PerkinsWinner
86.7

Perkins wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Evans
86.3

Evans wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Kieren Perkins
86.7

Perkins leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Two Olympic 1500m golds and a world record that stood for a decade.

1. Kieren Perkins
86.7
2. Janet Evans
86.3

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. 🇦🇺 Kieren Perkins5 seasons played · career day 2,19072.5 major golds
-97.1% vs Evans at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Evans0005052,006.244,041.24
🇦🇺 Perkins00014.5857.92116.63

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.

MetricEvansRetiredPerkinsRetired
Olympic golds42
World Championship golds42
World records74
800 m freestyle record (s)499.24
Olympic medals5
US titles45
1500m best (min)14.41
Commonwealth golds4
Dominance w25%8688
Peak w20%9294
Longevity w20%7874
Honours w20%8888
Statistics w15%8890

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Perkins86.7
Evans86.3
The people
Evans
Perkins

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