Who is better, Grimes or Alshammar?
Therese Alshammar leads with a GOAT score of 90.3 against 83.0 for Katie Grimes — a gap of 7.3 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Grimes vs Alshammar
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Therese Alshammar above Katie Grimes: 90.3 vs 83.0. Therese Alshammar leads on Longevity, Statistics, Dominance.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
AlshammarWinner
90.3Alshammar wins: Dominance, Longevity, Honours, Statistics
Grimes
83.0Grimes wins: no category outright
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇸🇪 Therese Alshammar
90.3
Alshammar leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories.
Grimes — Insufficient verified career data to calculate a reliable GOAT Score.
1. Therese Alshammar
2. Katie Grimes
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 season1. 🇸🇪 Therese Alshammar5 seasons played · career day 2,556124.9 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Katie Grimes0 seasons played0 major golds
-100.0% vs Alshammar at the same stage
| 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 from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| 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 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Alshammar90.3
Grimes83.0
FAQ
Where does Grimes beat Alshammar?
Grimes does not lead any of the five categories; Alshammar is ahead or level on all of them.
How is the Grimes vs Alshammar score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Grimes: 83.0, Alshammar: 90.3.
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