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Morales vs Frölander

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MoralesWinner
80.2

Morales wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Frölander
80.2

Frölander wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Pablo Morales
80.2

Morales leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Comeback Olympic 100 m butterfly champion in Barcelona 1992, eight years after his first medals.

1. Pablo Morales
80.2
2. Lars Frölander
80.2

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. 🇺🇸 Pablo Morales5 seasons played · career day 1,826394 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇸🇪 Lars Frölander5 seasons played · career day 1,826346 major golds
-12.2% vs Morales at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Morales0088170334660
🇸🇪 Frölander0056118264700

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.

MetricMoralesRetiredFrölanderRetired
Olympic gold medals31
Olympic medals5
NCAA titles11
World records set3
Olympic Games contested25
Short course world titles6
European Championship golds7
Swedish records set30
Dominance w25%7874
Peak w20%8886
Longevity w20%7488
Honours w20%8076
Statistics w15%8278

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GOAT Rank · the data
Morales80.2
Frölander80.2
The people
Morales
Frölander

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