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Athletics · Marathon · China

Bai Xue

2005–2014 · World marathon champion in Berlin 2009, China's first global marathon gold.

Retired
Ranking model

100% titles, statistics, dominance, longevity and global competition depth.

Pure sporting data
77.4
Cultural & brand footprint 48/100 · total legacy 68.6
World outdoor titles
1
Marathon personal best
2.2
National Games titles
1
Global championships contested
3
Marathons completed
12

Category profile

Dominance
74
Peak
90
Longevity
66
Honours
80
Statistics
78

Career timeline · Major golds per season

SeasonMajor golds per seasonShare of career
200552
200660
200770
200878
200996
201080
201172
201266
201358
201450

Data sources

  • World Athletics
  • Olympedia
  • European Athletics

Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method

Why Bai Xue ranks #266 in Athletics

Bai Xue ranks 266th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 2749th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 77.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 74, Peak 90, Longevity 66, Honours 80, Statistics 78. Those categories are normalised against the full Athletics reference universe of 308 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.

The record covers 2005–2014 with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2009, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world outdoor titles 1, marathon personal best 2.2338, national games titles 1, global championships contested 3.

Immediately ahead sits Karsten Warholm on 84.7, a gap of 7.3 points. Directly behind is Georgia Hunter Bell on 77.3. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.

Bai Xue GOAT Score explained

Dominance74/100 · weight 25%
Measures how far Bai stood above the field while competing. Scored 74/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
Peak90/100 · weight 20%
Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2009. Scored 90/100.
Longevity66/100 · weight 20%
Rewards staying at that level over time: 9 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 66/100.
Honours80/100 · weight 20%
Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
Statistics78/100 · weight 15%
Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 78/100.

Bai Xue — frequently asked

Is Bai Xue the GOAT?
Not on the current data. Bai Xue ranks 266th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 77.4, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
What is Bai Xue's GOAT Score?
77.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 74 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 66 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 78 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
Where does Bai Xue rank all time?
2749th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 266th within Athletics.
Bai Xue vs Karsten Warholm: who ranks higher?
Karsten Warholm, on 84.7 against Bai Xue's 77.4 — a margin of 7.3 points.
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