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Carlin vs Boyle

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CarlinWinner
80.3

Carlin wins: Honours

Boyle
80.2

Boyle wins: Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Jazmin Carlin
80.3

Carlin leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Two Olympic silver medals in Rio behind Katie Ledecky.

1. Jazmin Carlin
80.3
2. Lauren Boyle
80.2

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. 🇬🇧 Jazmin Carlin5 seasons played · career day 2,55623 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇳🇿 Lauren Boyle5 seasons played · career day 2,19018 major golds
-21.7% vs Carlin at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Carlin00001238
🇳🇿 Boyle00021339

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.

MetricCarlinRetiredBoyleRetired
Olympic medals2
European titles2
World Championship medals13
Commonwealth medals2
British records3
Short-course world titles1
Commonwealth Games medals3
World records1
Olympic finals3
Dominance w25%7474
Peak w20%9090
Longevity w20%7878
Honours w20%7876
Statistics w15%8486

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Carlin80.3
Boyle80.2
The people
Carlin
Boyle

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