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Ikee vs Bacon

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IkeeWinner
77.0

Ikee wins: Dominance, Longevity

Bacon
76.9

Bacon 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. Phoebe Bacon
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. 🇺🇸 Phoebe Bacon5 seasons played · career day 1,82518 major golds
-95.4% vs Ikee at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇯🇵 Ikee0058128390624
🇺🇸 Bacon00251827

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.

MetricIkeeActiveBaconActive
Asian Games golds6
Asian Games MVP awards1
Japanese national records11
World Championship finals3
Olympic Games contested3
World Championship medals2
Olympic appearances2
NCAA titles3
US national titles3
200 m backstroke best125.4
Dominance w25%7472
Peak w20%8688
Longevity w20%7266
Honours w20%7676
Statistics w15%7886

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Ikee77.0
Bacon76.9
The people
Ikee
Bacon

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