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Bruner vs Renshaw

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BrunerWinner
82.6

Bruner wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Renshaw
82.5

Renshaw wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Mike Bruner
82.6

Bruner leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Won the 200 metres butterfly in a world record at the 1976 Olympics.

1. Mike Bruner
82.6
2. Molly Renshaw
82.5

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 Bruner5 seasons played · career day 1,825383 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Molly Renshaw5 seasons played · career day 1,826286 major golds
-25.3% vs Bruner at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Bruner0055153383438
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Renshaw004596216626

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.

MetricBrunerRetiredRenshawRetired
Olympic gold medals2
World records set3
NCAA titles5
US titles4
Pan American medals1
European titles2
Commonwealth medals3
British titles10
World Championship finals4
Olympic finals2
Dominance w25%8478
Peak w20%9488
Longevity w20%6484
Honours w20%8480
Statistics w15%8884

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GOAT Rank · the data
Bruner82.6
Renshaw82.5
The people
Bruner
Renshaw

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