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Kitajima vs Evans

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EvansWinner
86.3

Evans wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Kitajima
85.5

Kitajima wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Janet Evans
86.3

Evans leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Her 800 m freestyle world record stood for nearly 19 years.

1. Janet Evans
86.3
2. Kosuke Kitajima
85.5

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. 🇺🇸 Janet Evans5 seasons played · career day 2,1902,511.2 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇯🇵 Kosuke Kitajima5 seasons played · career day 2,921297.8 major golds
-88.1% vs Evans at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇯🇵 Kitajima0000119.98356.69
🇺🇸 Evans0005052,006.244,041.24

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.

MetricKitajimaRetiredEvansRetired
Olympic golds44
Olympic medals75
World Championship golds54
World records67
100 m breaststroke best (s)58.9
Asian Games golds8
800 m freestyle record (s)499.24
US titles45
Dominance w25%8486
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%8278
Honours w20%8688
Statistics w15%8688

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GOAT Rank · the data
Evans86.3
Kitajima85.5
The people
Kitajima
Evans

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