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Barrowman vs Bennett

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BarrowmanWinner
85.0

Barrowman wins: Peak, Statistics

Bennett
84.8

Bennett wins: Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Mike Barrowman
85.0

Barrowman leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic 200 metres breaststroke champion in a world record in 1992.

1. Mike Barrowman
85.0
2. Brooke Bennett
84.8

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. 🇺🇸 Mike Barrowman5 seasons played · career day 1,826373 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Brooke Bennett5 seasons played · career day 2,19017 major golds
-95.4% vs Barrowman at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Barrowman0050112274373
🇺🇸 Bennett00021424

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.

MetricBarrowmanRetiredBennettRetired
Olympic gold medals1
World records set5
World Championship titles1
Pan Pacific titles34
NCAA titles3
Olympic golds3
World Championship golds2
US titles12
800m personal best8.19
Dominance w25%8888
Peak w20%9692
Longevity w20%6668
Honours w20%8488
Statistics w15%9288

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GOAT Rank · the data
Barrowman85.0
Bennett84.8
The people
Barrowman
Bennett

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