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Carlson vs Apple

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AppleWinner
74.1

Apple wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Carlson
70.3

Carlson wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Zach Apple
74.1

Apple leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Double Olympic relay gold medallist in Tokyo for the United States.

1. Zach Apple
74.1
2. Kasey Carlson
70.3

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. 🇺🇸 Kasey Carlson5 seasons played · career day 2,191337.4 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Zach Apple5 seasons played · career day 2,19126 major golds
-92.3% vs Carlson at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Carlson00068.4269.4405.9
🇺🇸 Apple00031230

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.

MetricCarlsonRetiredAppleRetired
World Championship golds13
World Championship medals15
US national titles1
100 m breaststroke best66.3
NCAA All-America honours6
Olympic golds2
Olympic Games appearances1
Relay world records1
Dominance w25%6268
Peak w20%8088
Longevity w20%6462
Honours w20%7074
Statistics w15%8082

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Apple74.1
Carlson70.3
The people
Carlson
Apple

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