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Dean vs Gibson

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GibsonWinner
78.5

Gibson wins: Statistics

Dean
78.3

Dean wins: Peak

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Sarah Gibson
78.5

Gibson leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. World Championship relay gold medallist and an NCAA champion.

1. Sarah Gibson
78.5
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. 🇬🇧 Tom Dean5 seasons played · career day 1,825400 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Sarah Gibson5 seasons played · career day 1,825356 major golds
-11.0% vs Dean at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Dean0066140400576
🇺🇸 Gibson0050111356485

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.

MetricDeanActiveGibsonRetired
Olympic gold medals3
Olympic medals4
World Championship medals3
European Championship golds3
Olympic Games contested2
World Championship titles1
NCAA titles1
US national medals4
World University Games medals2
Personal best in the 100 fly5,722
Dominance w25%7676
Peak w20%8886
Longevity w20%7070
Honours w20%8080
Statistics w15%7882

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Gibson78.5
Dean78.3
The people
Dean
Gibson

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