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Bogdanova vs Amundrud

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
BogdanovaWinner
77.5

Bogdanova wins: Dominance, Peak

Amundrud
77.5

Amundrud wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇷🇺 Yuliya Bogdanova
77.5

Bogdanova leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. World champion over 200 m breaststroke in 1982 and a world record holder.

1. Yuliya Bogdanova
77.5
2. Gail Amundrud
77.5

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. 🇷🇺 Yuliya Bogdanova5 seasons played · career day 1,825400 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇦 Gail Amundrud5 seasons played · career day 1,825368 major golds
-8.0% vs Bogdanova at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇷🇺 Bogdanova0060134400666
🇨🇦 Amundrud0055128368478

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.

MetricBogdanovaRetiredAmundrudRetired
World Championship titles1
World records2
European titles2
National titles6
Global finals contested5
Olympic medals1
Commonwealth Games gold medals1
Commonwealth Games medals4
Canadian titles5
Olympic appearances1
Dominance w25%7672
Peak w20%8884
Longevity w20%6672
Honours w20%8080
Statistics w15%7882

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GOAT Rank · the data
Bogdanova77.5
Amundrud77.5
The people
Bogdanova
Amundrud

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