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Grimes vs Gross

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GrossWinner
90.3

Gross wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics

Grimes
83.0

Grimes wins: no category outright

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇩🇪 Michael Gross
90.3

Gross leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. The Albatross won three Olympic golds and 13 world titles across two strokes.

GrimesInsufficient verified career data to calculate a reliable GOAT Score.

1. Michael Gross
90.3
2. Katie Grimes
Pending verification

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. 🇩🇪 Michael Gross5 seasons played · career day 1,82512 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Katie Grimes0 seasons played0 major golds
-100.0% vs Gross at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Grimes000000
🇩🇪 Gross00691222

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.

MetricGrimesActiveGrossRetired
Olympic medals26
World Championship titles15
World Championship medals6
US titles5
Open water world medals2
Olympic gold medals3
European titles13
World records set12
Dominance w25%8290
Peak w20%9294
Longevity w20%7084
Honours w20%8692
Statistics w15%8692

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Gross90.3
Grimes83.0
The people
Grimes
Gross

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