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Arantes vs McKeown

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ArantesWinner
79.6

Arantes wins: Longevity

McKeown
79.5

McKeown wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇧🇷 Rômulo Arantes
79.6

Arantes leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. Pan American champion and three-time Olympian for Brazil.

1. Rômulo Arantes
79.6
2. Kaylee McKeown
79.5

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. 🇧🇷 Rômulo Arantes5 seasons played · career day 1,826358 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Kaylee McKeown5 seasons played · career day 2,190290.2 major golds
-18.9% vs Arantes at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇧🇷 Arantes0052114267620
🇦🇺 McKeown00059.2232.7462.53

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.

MetricArantesRetiredMcKeownActive
Pan American gold medals1
Pan American medals4
Olympic appearances3
South American titles10
Brazilian records8
Olympic golds5
World titles4
World records3
Olympic medals7
Personal best 100 m back (s)57.33
Dominance w25%7484
Peak w20%8690
Longevity w20%7856
Honours w20%8082
Statistics w15%8286

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GOAT Rank · the data
Arantes79.6
McKeown79.5
The people
Arantes
McKeown

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