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Junxuan vs Ledecky

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LedeckyWinner
94.8

Ledecky wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics

Junxuan
18.7

Junxuan wins: no category outright

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Katie Ledecky
94.8

Ledecky leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. Distance freestyle untouched for over a decade across four Olympic Games.

JunxuanInsufficient verified career data to calculate a reliable GOAT Score.

1. Katie Ledecky
94.8
2. Yang Junxuan
Pending verification

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

Through age 21 · Form index per season
1. 🇺🇸 Katie Ledecky636 major golds
7 seasons by age 21 · 90.9 per season

Setting the pace at age 21

No verified birth date for Junxuan — shown in the pro-debut view instead.

Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 21, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.

MetricJunxuanRetiredLedeckyActive
Olympic golds9
Olympic medals14
World titles (LC)21
World records set16
Olympic Games4
Dominance w25%18.697
Peak w20%20.696
Longevity w20%16.690
Honours w20%19.696
Statistics w15%17.694

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GOAT Rank · the data
Ledecky94.8
Junxuan18.7
The people
Junxuan
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