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Barrowman vs Zhang

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BarrowmanWinner
85.0

Barrowman wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Zhang
85.0

Zhang 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. Zhang Yufei
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. 🇨🇳 Zhang Yufei5 seasons played · career day 1,825346 major golds
-7.2% vs Barrowman at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Barrowman0050112274373
🇨🇳 Zhang0052114346708

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.

MetricBarrowmanRetiredZhangActive
Olympic gold medals12
World records set5
World Championship titles12
Pan Pacific titles3
NCAA titles3
Olympic medals10
Asian Games golds10
Olympic records1
Dominance w25%8882
Peak w20%9692
Longevity w20%6680
Honours w20%8486
Statistics w15%9286

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GOAT Rank · the data
Barrowman85.0
Zhang85.0
The people
Barrowman
Zhang

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