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Dean vs Devitt

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DevittWinner
78.4

Devitt wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Dean
78.3

Dean wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 John Devitt
78.4

Devitt leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic 100 m freestyle champion in Rome 1960 after relay gold in 1956.

1. John Devitt
78.4
2. Tom Dean
78.3

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. 🇦🇺 John Devitt5 seasons played · career day 1,825410 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Tom Dean5 seasons played · career day 1,825400 major golds
-2.4% vs Devitt at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Dean0066140400576
🇦🇺 Devitt0064146410506

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.

MetricDeanActiveDevittRetired
Olympic gold medals32
Olympic medals44
World Championship medals3
European Championship golds3
Olympic Games contested22
World records2
Commonwealth Games golds2
Dominance w25%7678
Peak w20%8890
Longevity w20%7064
Honours w20%8082
Statistics w15%7878

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Devitt78.4
Dean78.3
The people
Dean
Devitt

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