Coughlin vs le Clos
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Coughlin wins: Dominance, Honours, Statistics
le Clos wins: no category outright
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Verdict
Coughlin leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. Twelve Olympic medals, the most by an American woman at the time.
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| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Coughlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119.43 | 357.12 |
| 🇿🇦 le Clos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 228.4 | 793.7 |
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.
| Metric | CoughlinRetired | le ClosActive |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic golds | 3 | 1 |
| Olympic medals | 12 | 4 |
| World Championship golds | 6 | — |
| World records | 3 | — |
| 100m backstroke best (sec) | 58.94 | — |
| World short course golds | — | 17 |
| Commonwealth golds | — | 8 |
| 200m butterfly best (sec) | — | 112.68 |
| Dominance w25% | 86 | 84 |
| Peak w20% | 92 | 92 |
| Longevity w20% | 88 | 88 |
| Honours w20% | 92 | 88 |
| Statistics w15% | 90 | 88 |
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