Michael Phelps... or Aquaman?

Aquaman can swim 150 miles per hour (or 10,000 by some sources). Phelps has a top speed of just 4.7 miles per hour, which is merely a brisk walking pace.

A British tabloid in 2009 posted a photo of Phelps using a bong. Advertisers have never criticized Aquaman for any alleged drug use... yet.

This is a competitive swim technique where someone swims under the water to reduce surface drag. Aquaman doesn't seem to do the dolphin kick.

For Shark Week, Phelps competed in a race against a CGI shark. Aquaman, of course, appeared in a movie with many CGI sharks.

Neither Phelps nor anyone who has played Aquaman has won the award. Jason Momoa was robbed in 2019.

Phelps's wingspan is about 6'7" and he's only 6'4". It's unusual for people to have a wingspan longer than their height. Aquaman's wingspan appears typical in most depictions.

Michael Phelps's greatest viewership for a single race was 32 million. At over $1 billion in revenue, Aquaman surely has accrued tens of millions of views.

Aquaman managed this feat in the comics. I have found no evidence of Phelps trying to help an octopus milk a cow.

Aquaman is the king of Atlantis. Phelps is from Baltimore.

Aquaman obtained this relic in his blockbuster movie. Phelps has failed to find any Atlantean relics; not everyone can be successful.

Aquaman is from Atlantis. Phelps is from Baltimore.

Phelps was born in 1985. Aquaman made his first appearance in 1941.

Phelps did not attend the wedding. There is no evidence that the royal pair would invite a B-list scrub superhero to their wedding.

There is no convincing evidence that Phelps can actually communicate with fish.

Phelps has 56% more Olympic medals than the runner-up. Wow. Aquaman is probably only 5% the superhero that Superman is, but Superman typically stays out of the ocean because it's not his realm.

Aquaman has only ever married Mera, who is an Atlantean, not a fish. Phelps has never married a fish.

One of Aquaman's weaknesses is that he's at danger of dehydration when in the desert... much like all humans.

"You'll think you're looking at Aquaman; I summon fish to the dish, though I like the Chalet Swiss..."

Aquaman has only ever married Mera whereas Phelps married a woman who won the Miss California pageant.

In response to being criticized about his response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Obama claimed to have said, "What does he think I'm supposed to do? Put on my f------g Aquaman gear and swim down there myself with a wrench?"