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Baker vs Brown

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BakerWinner
76.1

Baker wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Brown
75.7

Brown wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Zoë Baker
76.1

Baker leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Short-course world record holder over 50 m breaststroke.

1. Zoë Baker
76.1
2. Mike Brown
75.7

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. 🇨🇦 Mike Brown5 seasons played · career day 2,191657.7 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Zoë Baker5 seasons played · career day 2,190155.4 major golds
-76.4% vs Brown at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Baker00031.8124.57186.47
🇨🇦 Brown000133.5527.71,050.9

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.

MetricBakerRetiredBrownRetired
World short-course golds1
World records1
Commonwealth golds11
50 m breaststroke best30.57
European medals2
Pan American medals2
Olympic finals1
200 m breaststroke best130
Olympic Games2
Dominance w25%7068
Peak w20%8884
Longevity w20%6674
Honours w20%7674
Statistics w15%8482

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Baker76.1
Brown75.7
The people
Baker
Brown

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