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Barrowman vs Lezak

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LezakWinner
85.1

Lezak wins: Longevity

Barrowman
85.0

Barrowman wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Jason Lezak
85.1

Lezak leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Anchored the greatest relay swim in history at Beijing 2008.

1. Jason Lezak
85.1
2. Mike Barrowman
85.0

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. 🇺🇸 Jason Lezak5 seasons played · career day 1,82510 major golds
-97.3% vs Barrowman at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Barrowman0050112274373
🇺🇸 Lezak00131020

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.

MetricBarrowmanRetiredLezakRetired
Olympic gold medals14
World records set5
World Championship titles1
Pan Pacific titles3
NCAA titles3
Olympic medals8
World Championship golds8
Olympic Games contested4
Relay world records5
Dominance w25%8882
Peak w20%9694
Longevity w20%6682
Honours w20%8484
Statistics w15%9284

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Lezak85.1
Barrowman85.0
The people
Barrowman
Lezak

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