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Bashkatov vs Marchand

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
BashkatovWinner
83.8

Bashkatov wins: Longevity, Honours

Marchand
83.8

Marchand wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇧🇾 Yuri Bashkatov
83.8

Bashkatov leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic relay champion with the Unified Team in 1992.

1. Yuri Bashkatov
83.8
2. Léon Marchand
83.8

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. 🇫🇷 Léon Marchand5 seasons played · career day 2,5561,222.7 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇧🇾 Yuri Bashkatov5 seasons played · career day 1,825342 major golds
-72.0% vs Marchand at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇧🇾 Bashkatov0050109342554
🇫🇷 Marchand0000735.181,222.68

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.

MetricBashkatovRetiredMarchandActive
Olympic gold medals1
World Championship medals2
European titles2
Olympic appearances2
National records set5
Olympic golds4
World Championship golds6
World records2
400 m medley record (s)242.5
Golds at one Games4
European golds3
Dominance w25%8286
Peak w20%9094
Longevity w20%7466
Honours w20%8884
Statistics w15%8690

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GOAT Rank · the data
Bashkatov83.8
Marchand83.8
The people
Bashkatov
Marchand

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