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Kitajima vs Jones

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JonesWinner
85.8

Jones wins: Statistics

Kitajima
85.5

Kitajima wins: no category outright

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Leisel Jones
85.8

Jones leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. Nine Olympic medals across four Games and multiple breaststroke records.

1. Leisel Jones
85.8
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. 🇯🇵 Kosuke Kitajima5 seasons played · career day 2,921297.8 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Leisel Jones5 seasons played · career day 2,55613 major golds
-95.6% vs Kitajima at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇯🇵 Kitajima0000119.98356.69
🇦🇺 Jones0000622

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.

MetricKitajimaRetiredJonesRetired
Olympic golds43
Olympic medals79
World Championship golds5
World records65
100 m breaststroke best (s)58.9
Asian Games golds8
World titles8
100m breaststroke best (sec)65.09
Dominance w25%8484
Peak w20%9090
Longevity w20%8282
Honours w20%8686
Statistics w15%8688

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GOAT Rank · the data
Jones85.8
Kitajima85.5
The people
Kitajima
Jones

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