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Darnyi vs Spitz

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SpitzWinner
87.5

Spitz wins: Peak, Statistics

Darnyi
87.3

Darnyi wins: Dominance

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Mark Spitz
87.5

Spitz leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Seven golds and seven world records at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

1. Mark Spitz
87.5
2. Tamás Darnyi
87.3

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. 🇺🇸 Mark Spitz5 seasons played · career day 2,55526 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇭🇺 Tamás Darnyi5 seasons played · career day 2,19020.8 major golds
-20.0% vs Spitz at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇭🇺 Darnyi0004.1816.6333.18
🇺🇸 Spitz00001535

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.

MetricDarnyiRetiredSpitzRetired
Olympic golds49
World Championship golds55
World records633
400m medley best (min)4.12
European titles8
Olympic medals11
Golds at one Games7
Pan American golds5
Dominance w25%9290
Peak w20%9496
Longevity w20%7070
Honours w20%9090
Statistics w15%9092

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GOAT Rank · the data
Spitz87.5
Darnyi87.3
The people
Darnyi
Spitz

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