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Ashwood vs Frölander

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FrölanderWinner
80.2

Frölander wins: Longevity

Ashwood
80.0

Ashwood wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇸🇪 Lars Frölander
80.2

Frölander leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic 100 m butterfly champion in Sydney 2000 across a five-Games career.

1. Lars Frölander
80.2
2. Jessica Ashwood
80.0

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. 🇸🇪 Lars Frölander5 seasons played · career day 1,826346 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Jessica Ashwood5 seasons played · career day 1,825336 major golds
-2.9% vs Frölander at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Ashwood0050109336558
🇸🇪 Frölander0056118264700

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.

MetricAshwoodRetiredFrölanderRetired
Commonwealth titles1
World Championship medals1
Australian titles5
Olympic finals2
Pan Pacific medals2
Olympic gold medals1
Olympic Games contested5
Short course world titles6
European Championship golds7
Swedish records set30
Dominance w25%7674
Peak w20%8886
Longevity w20%7488
Honours w20%8076
Statistics w15%8478

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GOAT Rank · the data
Frölander80.2
Ashwood80.0
The people
Ashwood
Frölander

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