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Ye vs Sun

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YeWinner
81.5

Ye wins: Peak, Longevity

Sun
81.4

Sun wins: Dominance, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇳 Ye Shiwen
81.5

Ye leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Double Olympic medley champion at 16 in London 2012 with a 400 m world record.

1. Ye Shiwen
81.5
2. Sun Yang
81.4

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. 🇨🇳 Ye Shiwen5 seasons played · career day 1,825412 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇳 Sun Yang5 seasons played · career day 2,19122 major golds
-94.7% vs Ye at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇨🇳 Ye0070154412700
🇨🇳 Sun00021132

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.

MetricYeRetiredSunRetired
Olympic gold medals2
World records set1
World Championship golds2
Asian Games golds6
Olympic Games contested3
Olympic golds3
World titles11
Olympic medals6
World records2
World Championship medals16
Dominance w25%8082
Peak w20%9288
Longevity w20%7470
Honours w20%8082
Statistics w15%8286

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Ye81.5
Sun81.4
The people
Ye
Sun

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