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Schoeman vs Qin

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QinWinner
83.6

Qin wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Schoeman
83.5

Schoeman wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇳 Qin Haiyang
83.6

Qin leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Swept all three breaststroke world titles in 2023 with a 200 m world record.

1. Qin Haiyang
83.6
2. Roland Schoeman
83.5

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. 🇿🇦 Roland Schoeman5 seasons played · career day 1,8268 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇳 Qin Haiyang5 seasons played · career day 1,8255 major golds
-37.5% vs Schoeman at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇿🇦 Schoeman0001414
🇨🇳 Qin0001517

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.

MetricSchoemanRetiredQinActive
Olympic gold medals1
Olympic medals31
World Championship golds35
World records31
Olympic Games contested5
Breaststroke titles at one Worlds3
Asian Games golds3
Dominance w25%8086
Peak w20%8894
Longevity w20%8870
Honours w20%8082
Statistics w15%8286

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GOAT Rank · the data
Qin83.6
Schoeman83.5
The people
Schoeman
Qin

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