Jacoby vs Baker
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Jacoby wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours
Baker wins: Longevity, Statistics
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Verdict
Jacoby leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic 100 m breaststroke champion in Tokyo 2021 aged seventeen.
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| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Jacoby | 0 | 0 | 62 | 142 | 402 | 556 |
| 🇬🇧 Baker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.8 | 124.57 | 186.47 |
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.
| Metric | JacobyActive | BakerRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic gold medals | 1 | — |
| Olympic medals | 2 | — |
| World Championship medals | 3 | — |
| American junior records | 2 | — |
| Global finals contested | 5 | — |
| World short-course golds | — | 1 |
| World records | — | 1 |
| Commonwealth golds | — | 1 |
| 50 m breaststroke best | — | 30.57 |
| European medals | — | 2 |
| Dominance w25% | 74 | 70 |
| Peak w20% | 90 | 88 |
| Longevity w20% | 62 | 66 |
| Honours w20% | 78 | 76 |
| Statistics w15% | 78 | 84 |
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