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Renshaw vs Arvidsson

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RenshawWinner
82.5

Renshaw wins: Longevity

Arvidsson
82.4

Arvidsson wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Molly Renshaw
82.5

Renshaw leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. European champion in the 200 metres breaststroke and a Commonwealth medallist.

1. Molly Renshaw
82.5
2. Pär Arvidsson
82.4

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.

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Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Form index per season
1. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Molly Renshaw5 seasons played · career day 1,826286 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇸🇪 Pär Arvidsson5 seasons played · career day 1,826276.2 major golds
-3.4% vs Renshaw at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Renshaw004596216626
🇸🇪 Arvidsson0056.4112.2222496.15

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.

MetricRenshawRetiredArvidssonRetired
European titles22
Commonwealth medals3
British titles10
World Championship finals4
Olympic finals2
Olympic golds1
World records1
NCAA titles5
100 m butterfly best54.15
Dominance w25%7880
Peak w20%8894
Longevity w20%8468
Honours w20%8084
Statistics w15%8488

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GOAT Rank · the data
Renshaw82.5
Arvidsson82.4
The people
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