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Caulkins vs Finke

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FinkeWinner
90.1

Finke wins: Longevity

Caulkins
89.8

Caulkins wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Robert Finke
90.1

Finke leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Three-time Olympic champion and 1500 m freestyle world-record holder.

1. Robert Finke
90.1
2. Tracy Caulkins
89.8

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. 🇺🇸 Robert Finke5 seasons played · career day 1,825363 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Tracy Caulkins5 seasons played · career day 1,825338 major golds
-6.9% vs Finke at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Caulkins0055116338616
🇺🇸 Finke0060126363740

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.

MetricCaulkinsRetiredFinkeActive
Olympic gold medals33
US national titles48
World Championship titles5
American records set63
World records set5
Olympic medals4
World records1
World Championship medals3
NCAA titles4
Dominance w25%9290
Peak w20%9695
Longevity w20%7482
Honours w20%9292
Statistics w15%9692

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Finke90.1
Caulkins89.8
The people
Caulkins
Finke

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