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Lezak vs Bennett

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LezakWinner
85.1

Lezak wins: Peak, Longevity

Bennett
84.8

Bennett wins: Dominance, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Jason Lezak
85.1

Lezak leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Anchored the greatest relay swim in history at Beijing 2008.

1. Jason Lezak
85.1
2. Brooke Bennett
84.8

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. 🇺🇸 Brooke Bennett5 seasons played · career day 2,19017 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Jason Lezak5 seasons played · career day 1,82510 major golds
-41.2% vs Bennett at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
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🇺🇸 Bennett00021424

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.

MetricLezakRetiredBennettRetired
Olympic gold medals4
Olympic medals8
World Championship golds82
Olympic Games contested4
Relay world records5
Olympic golds3
Pan Pacific titles4
US titles12
800m personal best8.19
Dominance w25%8288
Peak w20%9492
Longevity w20%8268
Honours w20%8488
Statistics w15%8488

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GOAT Rank · the data
Lezak85.1
Bennett84.8
The people
Lezak
Bennett

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