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O'Neill vs Blume

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
O'NeillWinner
85.5

O'Neill wins: Dominance, Longevity, Honours

Blume
85.3

Blume wins: Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Susie O'Neill
85.5

O'Neill leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic 200 m butterfly champion in 1996 and 200 m freestyle champion in 2000.

1. Susie O'Neill
85.5
2. Pernille Blume
85.3

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. 🇦🇺 Susie O'Neill5 seasons played · career day 1,825369 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇩🇰 Pernille Blume5 seasons played · career day 1,825314 major golds
-14.9% vs O'Neill at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 O'Neill0055121369732
🇩🇰 Blume004599314670

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.

MetricO'NeillRetiredBlumeRetired
Olympic gold medals21
Olympic medals83
World Championship golds4
Commonwealth Games golds10
Australian titles35
European titles5
World Championship medals3
European records set1
Dominance w25%8482
Peak w20%9094
Longevity w20%8280
Honours w20%8684
Statistics w15%8688

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GOAT Rank · the data
O'Neill85.5
Blume85.3
The people
O'Neill
Blume

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