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Calligaris vs Bonnet

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CalligarisWinner
80.9

Calligaris wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Bonnet
80.9

Bonnet wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇮🇹 Novella Calligaris
80.9

Calligaris leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Italy's first Olympic swimming medallist and a world champion in 1973.

1. Novella Calligaris
80.9
2. Charlotte Bonnet
80.9

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. 🇮🇹 Novella Calligaris5 seasons played · career day 1,826355 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇫🇷 Charlotte Bonnet5 seasons played · career day 2,19011 major golds
-96.9% vs Calligaris at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇮🇹 Calligaris0045103258486
🇫🇷 Bonnet0001824

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.

MetricCalligarisRetiredBonnetActive
Olympic medals3
World Championship titles1
World records set1
European medals3
Italian titles20
European golds4
Olympic appearances4
World Championship medals2
French records5
200 m freestyle best154.44
Dominance w25%8072
Peak w20%9288
Longevity w20%6684
Honours w20%8278
Statistics w15%8686

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GOAT Rank · the data
Calligaris80.9
Bonnet80.9
The people
Calligaris
Bonnet

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