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Gould vs McIntosh

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McIntoshWinner
81.7

McIntosh wins: Longevity, Statistics

Gould
80.9

Gould wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇦 Summer McIntosh
81.7

McIntosh leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Multiple Olympic golds and world records in medley and butterfly before 19.

1. Summer McIntosh
81.7
2. Shane Gould
80.9

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. 🇨🇦 Summer McIntosh5 seasons played · career day 2,5561,363.5 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Shane Gould3 seasons played · career day 1,09513 major golds
-99.0% vs McIntosh at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Gould006111313
🇨🇦 McIntosh00008231,363.5

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.

MetricGouldRetiredMcIntoshActive
Olympic golds34
Olympic medals56
World records114
Simultaneous freestyle world records5
Age at retirement16
World Championship golds7
400 m medley record (s)270
Commonwealth golds2
Dominance w25%9084
Peak w20%9692
Longevity w20%4662
Honours w20%8482
Statistics w15%8890

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GOAT Rank · the data
McIntosh81.7
Gould80.9
The people
Gould
McIntosh

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