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Otto vs Hoogenband

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OttoWinner
86.8

Otto wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Hoogenband
84.3

Hoogenband 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. Pieter van den Hoogenband
84.3

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. 🇳🇱 Pieter van den Hoogenband5 seasons played · career day 2,1919 major golds
-64.0% vs Otto at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇩🇪 Otto00382539
🇳🇱 Hoogenband0000614

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.

MetricOttoRetiredHoogenbandRetired
Olympic golds63
World Championship golds7
World records72
Golds at one Games6
European titles12
Olympic medals7
World titles4
100m freestyle best (sec)47.84
Dominance w25%9084
Peak w20%9690
Longevity w20%6678
Honours w20%9284
Statistics w15%9086

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GOAT Rank · the data
Otto86.8
Hoogenband84.3
The people
Otto
Hoogenband

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