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Kromowidjojo vs Biondi

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
KromowidjojoWinner
85.5

Kromowidjojo wins: Longevity

Biondi
85.0

Biondi wins: Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇳🇱 Ranomi Kromowidjojo
85.5

Kromowidjojo leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Double Olympic sprint champion in London 2012 and a short-course world record holder.

1. Ranomi Kromowidjojo
85.5
2. Matt Biondi
85.0

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.

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Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Form index per season
1. 🇺🇸 Matt Biondi5 seasons played · career day 1,826244.8 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇳🇱 Ranomi Kromowidjojo5 seasons played · career day 1,82613 major golds
-94.7% vs Biondi at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇳🇱 Kromowidjojo0023923
🇺🇸 Biondi0049.899.04196.2391.8

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.

MetricKromowidjojoRetiredBiondiRetired
Olympic gold medals3
Olympic medals511
World Championship golds56
European Championship golds15
Short-course world records5
Olympic golds8
World records12
100 m freestyle best (s)48.42
Medals at one Games7
Dominance w25%8484
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%8074
Honours w20%8688
Statistics w15%8688

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GOAT Rank · the data
Kromowidjojo85.5
Biondi85.0
The people
Kromowidjojo
Biondi

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