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Lezak vs Schollander

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LezakWinner
85.1

Lezak wins: Longevity

Schollander
84.8

Schollander 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. Don Schollander
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. 🇺🇸 Don Schollander5 seasons played · career day 1,82514 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Jason Lezak5 seasons played · career day 1,82510 major golds
-28.6% vs Schollander at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Lezak00131020
🇺🇸 Schollander00251418

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.

MetricLezakRetiredSchollanderRetired
Olympic gold medals45
Olympic medals8
World Championship golds8
Olympic Games contested4
Relay world records5
Olympic silver medals1
World records22
Golds at a single Games4
Sullivan Awards1
Dominance w25%8288
Peak w20%9494
Longevity w20%8268
Honours w20%8486
Statistics w15%8488

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GOAT Rank · the data
Lezak85.1
Schollander84.8
The people
Lezak
Schollander

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