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Adrian vs Darnyi

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AdrianWinner
87.3

Adrian wins: Longevity

Darnyi
87.3

Darnyi wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Nathan Adrian
87.3

Adrian leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic 100 m freestyle champion in 2012 and an eight-time Olympic medallist.

1. Nathan Adrian
87.3
2. Tamás Darnyi
87.3

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. 🇺🇸 Nathan Adrian5 seasons played · career day 2,191240.4 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇭🇺 Tamás Darnyi5 seasons played · career day 2,19020.8 major golds
-91.3% vs Adrian at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Adrian00048.5192.9383.86
🇭🇺 Darnyi0004.1816.6333.18

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.

MetricAdrianRetiredDarnyiRetired
Olympic golds54
Olympic medals8
World Championship golds75
100 m freestyle best47.52
Olympic Games3
World records6
400m medley best (min)4.12
European titles8
Dominance w25%8492
Peak w20%9294
Longevity w20%8470
Honours w20%8890
Statistics w15%9090

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GOAT Rank · the data
Adrian87.3
Darnyi87.3
The people
Adrian
Darnyi

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