GGOATRANK
AthletesTeams

Adlington vs Belmonte

Shareable comparison — send this exact matchup to anyone.

GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
AdlingtonWinner
87.0

Adlington wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Belmonte
87.0

Belmonte wins: Longevity

Candidates
Locked to Swimming

Shareable URL · /compare/rebecca-adlington-vs-mireia-belmonte

Time range

Showing full careers. Pick a window to recalculate the selected period.

Category radar

Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rebecca Adlington
87.0

Adlington leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Double Olympic champion in 2008 with a world record in the 800 metres freestyle.

1. Rebecca Adlington
87.0
2. Mireia Belmonte
87.0

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.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Form index per season
1. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rebecca Adlington5 seasons played · career day 1,826358 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇪🇸 Mireia Belmonte5 seasons played · career day 2,55624 major golds
-93.3% vs Adlington at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Adlington0045103260644
🇪🇸 Belmonte00001037

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.

MetricAdlingtonRetiredBelmonteActive
Olympic gold medals2
Olympic medals44
World records set1
World Championship titles1
Commonwealth titles2
Olympic golds1
World Championship golds2
Short course world titles10
European titles8
Dominance w25%8684
Peak w20%9690
Longevity w20%7686
Honours w20%8888
Statistics w15%9088

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Adlington87.0
Belmonte87.0
The people
Adlington
Belmonte

Loading votes

Create a free account to vote and comment.

Sign in to vote

What do you think?

0 comments

Make your case for Adlington vs Belmonte. The scoring is published in full — if you can point at the pillar or the weight you disagree with, we read it. Read the methodology paper.

More debates

Browse the rivalry hub →