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Sjöström vs Hosszú

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
SjöströmWinner
88.6

Sjöström wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Hosszú
86.9

Hosszú wins: no category outright

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇸🇪 Sarah Sjöström
88.6

Sjöström leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. World records in the 50 and 100 m freestyle and butterfly across four Olympics.

1. Sarah Sjöström
88.6
2. Katinka Hosszú
86.9

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. 🇭🇺 Katinka Hosszú5 seasons played · career day 3,6521,251.4 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇸🇪 Sarah Sjöström5 seasons played · career day 2,19114 major golds
-98.9% vs Hosszú at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇸🇪 Sjöström00021032
🇭🇺 Hosszú000001,005

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.

MetricSjöströmActiveHosszúRetired
Olympic golds33
Olympic medals7
World Championship golds1215
World records64
50 m freestyle best (s)23.61
European golds2622
400 m medley record (s)246.36
World Cup overall titles7
Dominance w25%8682
Peak w20%9088
Longevity w20%9090
Honours w20%8888
Statistics w15%9088

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GOAT Rank · the data
Sjöström88.6
Hosszú86.9
The people
Sjöström
Hosszú

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