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Otto vs Vollmer

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OttoWinner
86.8

Otto wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Vollmer
80.9

Vollmer wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇩🇪 Kristin Otto
86.8

Otto leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Won six gold medals at a single Olympic Games in Seoul 1988.

1. Kristin Otto
86.8
2. Dana Vollmer
80.9

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. 🇩🇪 Kristin Otto5 seasons played · career day 1,82525 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Dana Vollmer5 seasons played · career day 3,28712 major golds
-52.0% vs Otto at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇩🇪 Otto00382539
🇺🇸 Vollmer0000012

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.

MetricOttoRetiredVollmerRetired
Olympic golds65
World Championship golds78
World records72
Golds at one Games6
European titles12
Olympic medals7
100 m butterfly best (s)55.98
Pan Pacific golds6
Dominance w25%9076
Peak w20%9686
Longevity w20%6680
Honours w20%9282
Statistics w15%9082

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GOAT Rank · the data
Otto86.8
Vollmer80.9
The people
Otto
Vollmer

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