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Ikee vs Carvin

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IkeeWinner
77.0

Ikee wins: Dominance, Honours

Carvin
76.9

Carvin wins: Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇯🇵 Rikako Ikee
77.0

Ikee leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Six-gold MVP of the 2018 Asian Games who returned to Olympic level after leukaemia.

1. Rikako Ikee
77.0
2. Chad Carvin
76.9

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. 🇯🇵 Rikako Ikee5 seasons played · career day 1,825390 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Chad Carvin5 seasons played · career day 2,19018 major golds
-95.4% vs Ikee at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇯🇵 Ikee0058128390624
🇺🇸 Carvin00031428

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.

MetricIkeeActiveCarvinRetired
Asian Games golds6
Asian Games MVP awards1
Japanese national records11
World Championship finals3
Olympic Games contested3
Pan American golds3
Olympic appearances1
NCAA titles4
US national titles6
400 m freestyle best228.4
Dominance w25%7470
Peak w20%8688
Longevity w20%7272
Honours w20%7674
Statistics w15%7884

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GOAT Rank · the data
Ikee77.0
Carvin76.9
The people
Ikee
Carvin

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