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Klochkova vs Lochte

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KlochkovaWinner
87.9

Klochkova wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Lochte
86.1

Lochte wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇦 Yana Klochkova
87.9

Klochkova leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Won both medley events at consecutive Olympic Games in 2000 and 2004.

1. Yana Klochkova
87.9
2. Ryan Lochte
86.1

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. 🇺🇸 Ryan Lochte5 seasons played · career day 1,826582.6 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇦 Yana Klochkova5 seasons played · career day 2,55621.8 major golds
-96.3% vs Lochte at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇦 Klochkova00008.7730.5
🇺🇸 Lochte00118235467.31,040.97

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.

MetricKlochkovaRetiredLochteRetired
Olympic golds46
World Championship golds518
World records13
400m medley best (min)4.33
European titles12
Olympic medals12
200 m medley record (s)114
World Championship medals39
Dominance w25%8882
Peak w20%9488
Longevity w20%7886
Honours w20%9088
Statistics w15%9088

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GOAT Rank · the data
Klochkova87.9
Lochte86.1
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Lochte

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