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Belote vs Klim

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KlimWinner
84.3

Klim wins: Longevity

Belote
84.2

Belote wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Michael Klim
84.3

Klim leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. Two-time Olympic champion who led off Australia's famous 2000 relay world record.

1. Michael Klim
84.3
2. Melissa Belote
84.2

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. 🇺🇸 Melissa Belote5 seasons played · career day 1,825393 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Michael Klim5 seasons played · career day 1,82615 major golds
-96.2% vs Belote at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Belote0055154393453
🇦🇺 Klim00131121

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.

MetricBeloteRetiredKlimRetired
Olympic gold medals32
World records set3
US titles6
Olympic Games contested1
Age at Olympic triumph15
Olympic medals6
World Championship golds6
World records4
Commonwealth golds6
Dominance w25%8684
Peak w20%9690
Longevity w20%6478
Honours w20%8684
Statistics w15%9086

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GOAT Rank · the data
Klim84.3
Belote84.2
The people
Belote
Klim

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