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Cerasuolo vs Carter

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CarterWinner
76.0

Carter wins: Longevity, Statistics

Cerasuolo
75.8

Cerasuolo wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 James Carter
76.0

Carter leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Short-course world champion and Pan Pacific medallist.

1. James Carter
76.0
2. Simone Cerasuolo
75.8

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. 🇮🇹 Simone Cerasuolo5 seasons played · career day 1,825357 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 James Carter5 seasons played · career day 2,19116 major golds
-95.5% vs Cerasuolo at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇮🇹 Cerasuolo0055119357545
🇺🇸 Carter00021323

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.

MetricCerasuoloActiveCarterRetired
World Championship titles1
European medals2
Italian national titles5
Personal best 50 m breast (s)26.54
Global finals contested3
Short-course world titles1
Pan Pacific medals2
US national titles3
Career span in years10
200 m backstroke best118
Dominance w25%7468
Peak w20%8886
Longevity w20%6274
Honours w20%7872
Statistics w15%7884

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GOAT Rank · the data
Carter76.0
Cerasuolo75.8
The people
Cerasuolo
Carter

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