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Brown vs Smith

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BrownWinner
75.7

Brown wins: Longevity

Smith
75.3

Smith wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇦 Mike Brown
75.7

Brown leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Commonwealth Games champion over 200 m breaststroke in 2006.

1. Mike Brown
75.7
2. Regan Smith
75.3

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 Brown5 seasons played · career day 2,191657.7 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Regan Smith5 seasons played · career day 2,190290.2 major golds
-55.9% vs Brown at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇨🇦 Brown000133.5527.71,050.9
🇺🇸 Smith00058.8232.52462.15

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.

MetricBrownRetiredSmithActive
Commonwealth golds1
Pan American medals2
Olympic finals1
200 m breaststroke best130
Olympic Games2
Olympic golds2
Olympic medals8
World titles5
World records4
Personal best 100 m back (s)57.13
Dominance w25%6878
Peak w20%8488
Longevity w20%7454
Honours w20%7474
Statistics w15%8284

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Brown75.7
Smith75.3
The people
Brown
Smith

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