Meagher vs Perkins
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Meagher wins: Longevity
Perkins wins: Honours
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Verdict
Meagher leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Her 1981 200 m butterfly world record stood for almost 19 years.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Meagher | 0 | 0 | 70 | 162 | 444 | 776 |
| 🇦🇺 Perkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.58 | 57.92 | 116.63 |
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 | MeagherRetired | PerkinsRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic gold medals | 3 | — |
| Olympic medals | 5 | — |
| World Championship golds | 3 | 2 |
| World records set | 7 | — |
| Years holding 200 fly world record | 19 | — |
| Olympic golds | — | 2 |
| World records | — | 4 |
| 1500m best (min) | — | 14.41 |
| Commonwealth golds | — | 4 |
| Dominance w25% | 88 | 88 |
| Peak w20% | 94 | 94 |
| Longevity w20% | 76 | 74 |
| Honours w20% | 86 | 88 |
| Statistics w15% | 90 | 90 |
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