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Backhaus vs Beisel

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BackhausWinner
81.8

Backhaus wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Beisel
81.7

Beisel wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Robin Backhaus
81.8

Backhaus leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. World champion in the 200 metres butterfly in 1973 and an Olympic medallist.

1. Robin Backhaus
81.8
2. Elizabeth Beisel
81.7

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. 🇺🇸 Robin Backhaus5 seasons played · career day 1,825368 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Elizabeth Beisel5 seasons played · career day 2,19120 major golds
-94.6% vs Backhaus at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Backhaus0050124368418
🇺🇸 Beisel00021529

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.

MetricBackhausRetiredBeiselRetired
World Championship titles1
Olympic medals12
US titles47
NCAA titles2
World Championship medals3
World Championship golds1
Pan Pacific titles3
Olympic Games contested3
Dominance w25%8280
Peak w20%9288
Longevity w20%6674
Honours w20%8482
Statistics w15%8686

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GOAT Rank · the data
Backhaus81.8
Beisel81.7
The people
Backhaus
Beisel

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