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Manaudou vs Ervin

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ErvinWinner
84.0

Ervin wins: Longevity

Manaudou
83.9

Manaudou wins: Dominance, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Anthony Ervin
84.0

Ervin leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Won Olympic 50 m freestyle gold in 2000 and again 16 years later in Rio.

1. Anthony Ervin
84.0
2. Laure Manaudou
83.9

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. 🇫🇷 Laure Manaudou5 seasons played · career day 1,82518 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Anthony Ervin5 seasons played · career day 1,8257 major golds
-61.1% vs Manaudou at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇫🇷 Manaudou00141822
🇺🇸 Ervin001477

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.

MetricManaudouRetiredErvinRetired
Olympic gold medals13
Olympic medals3
World Championship golds53
European Championship golds13
World records5
Olympic silver medals1
Years between Olympic 50 m titles16
NCAA titles7
Dominance w25%8482
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%7484
Honours w20%8480
Statistics w15%8682

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GOAT Rank · the data
Ervin84.0
Manaudou83.9
The people
Manaudou
Ervin

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