Grimes vs Alshammar
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Alshammar wins: Dominance, Longevity, Honours, Statistics
Grimes wins: no category outright
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Verdict
Alshammar leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. Sweden's most decorated swimmer, with six Olympic Games and 25 world medals.
Grimes — Insufficient verified career data to calculate a reliable GOAT Score.
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.
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Career stage · GOAT pace
Through season 5 · Form index per season| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Grimes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 🇸🇪 Alshammar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.7 | 174.01 |
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.
| Metric | GrimesActive | AlshammarRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic medals | 2 | 3 |
| World Championship titles | 1 | — |
| World Championship medals | 6 | — |
| US titles | 5 | — |
| Open water world medals | 2 | — |
| World Championship golds | — | 5 |
| Olympic Games | — | 6 |
| 50 m freestyle best | — | 23.9 |
| World records | — | 3 |
| Dominance w25% | 82 | 84 |
| Peak w20% | 92 | 92 |
| Longevity w20% | 70 | 96 |
| Honours w20% | 86 | 88 |
| Statistics w15% | 86 | 94 |
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