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Ikee vs Anderson

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IkeeWinner
77.0

Ikee wins: Dominance, Longevity

Anderson
77.0

Anderson 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. Freya Anderson
77.0

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. 🇯🇵 Rikako Ikee5 seasons played · career day 1,825390 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Freya Anderson5 seasons played · career day 2,19129 major golds
-92.6% vs Ikee at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇯🇵 Ikee0058128390624
🇬🇧 Anderson00031444

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.

MetricIkeeActiveAndersonActive
Asian Games golds6
Asian Games MVP awards1
Japanese national records11
World Championship finals3
Olympic Games contested3
Olympic golds1
World Championship medals4
European titles5
Commonwealth medals2
Olympic Games appearances2
Dominance w25%7472
Peak w20%8688
Longevity w20%7268
Honours w20%7676
Statistics w15%7884

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GOAT Rank · the data
Ikee77.0
Anderson77.0
The people
Ikee
Anderson

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