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Milák vs Cielo

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CieloWinner
81.4

Cielo wins: Dominance

Milák
80.9

Milák wins: no category outright

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇧🇷 César Cielo
81.4

Cielo leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic 50m freestyle champion and holder of the 50m world record.

1. César Cielo
81.4
2. Kristóf Milák
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. 🇭🇺 Kristóf Milák5 seasons played · career day 2,19121 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇧🇷 César Cielo5 seasons played · career day 2,19013 major golds
-38.1% vs Milák at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇭🇺 Milák00031230
🇧🇷 Cielo00011018

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.

MetricMilákActiveCieloRetired
Olympic golds11
Olympic medals33
World Championship golds3
World records12
200 m butterfly best (s)110.34
European golds6
World titles4
50m freestyle best (sec)20.91
Dominance w25%8082
Peak w20%9090
Longevity w20%7070
Honours w20%8080
Statistics w15%8686

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GOAT Rank · the data
Cielo81.4
Milák80.9
The people
Milák
Cielo

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