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Aoki vs Oleksiak

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AokiWinner
78.7

Aoki wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Oleksiak
78.7

Oleksiak wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇯🇵 Mayumi Aoki
78.7

Aoki leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic 100 m butterfly champion in Munich 1972 in a world record time.

1. Mayumi Aoki
78.7
2. Penny Oleksiak
78.7

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. 🇨🇦 Penny Oleksiak5 seasons played · career day 1,826422 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇯🇵 Mayumi Aoki5 seasons played · career day 1,825379 major golds
-10.2% vs Oleksiak at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇯🇵 Aoki0055121379571
🇨🇦 Oleksiak0094170334634

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.

MetricAokiRetiredOleksiakActive
Olympic gold medals11
World records1
Asian Games golds2
Japanese national titles8
Olympic Games contested23
Olympic medals7
World Championship medals5
Commonwealth Games golds2
Dominance w25%7876
Peak w20%9288
Longevity w20%6272
Honours w20%8280
Statistics w15%8078

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GOAT Rank · the data
Aoki78.7
Oleksiak78.7
The people
Aoki
Oleksiak

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