Who is better, Kitajima or Rose?
Murray Rose leads with a GOAT score of 85.6 against 85.5 for Kosuke Kitajima — a gap of 0.1 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Kitajima vs Rose
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Murray Rose above Kosuke Kitajima: 85.6 vs 85.5. Murray Rose leads on Dominance, Peak, Statistics. Kosuke Kitajima leads on Longevity.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
RoseWinner
85.6Rose wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics
Kitajima
85.5Kitajima wins: Longevity
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Murray Rose
85.6
Rose leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Murray Rose
2. Kosuke Kitajima
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. 🇯🇵 Kosuke Kitajima5 seasons played · career day 2,921297.8 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Murray Rose5 seasons played · career day 1,82611 major golds
-96.3% vs Kitajima at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇯🇵 Kitajima | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119.98 | 356.69 |
| 🇦🇺 Rose | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | KitajimaRetired | RoseRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic golds | 4 | — |
| Olympic medals | 7 | — |
| World Championship golds | 5 | — |
| World records | 6 | 15 |
| 100 m breaststroke best (s) | 58.9 | — |
| Asian Games golds | 8 | — |
| Olympic gold medals | — | 4 |
| Olympic silver medals | — | 1 |
| Olympic bronze medals | — | 1 |
| Commonwealth Games golds | — | 1 |
| Dominance w25% | 84 | 88 |
| Peak w20% | 90 | 92 |
| Longevity w20% | 82 | 74 |
| Honours w20% | 86 | 86 |
| Statistics w15% | 86 | 88 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Rose85.6
Kitajima85.5
FAQ
Where does Kitajima beat Rose?
Kitajima scores higher on longevity. Rose leads on peak, dominance, statistics.
How is the Kitajima vs Rose score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Kitajima: 85.5, Rose: 85.6.
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