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Caulkins vs Coventry

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CaulkinsWinner
89.8

Caulkins wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Coventry
89.7

Coventry wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Tracy Caulkins
89.8

Caulkins leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Won three Olympic golds in 1984 and 48 US national titles.

1. Tracy Caulkins
89.8
2. Kirsty Coventry
89.7

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. 🇺🇸 Tracy Caulkins5 seasons played · career day 1,825338 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇿🇼 Kirsty Coventry5 seasons played · career day 1,82646 major golds
-86.4% vs Caulkins at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Caulkins0055116338616
🇿🇼 Coventry0020344552

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.

MetricCaulkinsRetiredCoventryRetired
Olympic gold medals32
US national titles48
World Championship titles54
American records set63
World records set52
Olympic medals7
Olympic Games contested5
Dominance w25%9286
Peak w20%9694
Longevity w20%7490
Honours w20%9288
Statistics w15%9692

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GOAT Rank · the data
Caulkins89.8
Coventry89.7
The people
Caulkins
Coventry

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