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Hagino vs Burton

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HaginoWinner
82.3

Hagino wins: Longevity

Burton
82.0

Burton wins: Dominance

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇯🇵 Kosuke Hagino
82.3

Hagino leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic 400 m individual medley champion in Rio 2016.

1. Kosuke Hagino
82.3
2. Mike Burton
82.0

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. 🇯🇵 Kosuke Hagino5 seasons played · career day 1,82615 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Mike Burton5 seasons played · career day 1,8258 major golds
-46.7% vs Hagino at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇯🇵 Hagino00141219
🇺🇸 Burton0013811

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.

MetricHaginoRetiredBurtonRetired
Olympic gold medals13
Olympic medals4
World Championship golds1
Asian Games golds11
Pan Pacific golds4
World records7
Pan American golds1
US national titles12
Olympic 1500 m titles2
Dominance w25%8284
Peak w20%9090
Longevity w20%7470
Honours w20%8282
Statistics w15%8484

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GOAT Rank · the data
Hagino82.3
Burton82.0
The people
Hagino
Burton

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