Who is better, Attell or Ewry?
Abe Attell leads with a cross-sport score of 86.7 against 85.3 for Ray Ewry — a gap of 1.4 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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GOAT Rank currently ranks Abe Attell above Ray Ewry: 86.7 vs 85.3. Abe Attell leads on Longevity. Ray Ewry leads on Dominance, Peak, Honours.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →Attell wins: Longevity
Ewry wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours
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90.3 in-sport × 0.96 Global participation & competition depth
Attell leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories.
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Attell | 0 | 0 | 45 | 97 | 291 | 641 |
| 🇺🇸 Ewry | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | AttellRetired | EwryRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Dominance w25% | 90 | 94 |
| Peak w20% | 94 | 96 |
| Longevity w20% | 88 | 72 |
| Honours w20% | 88 | 90 |
| Statistics w15% | 92 | 92 |
| Years as champion | 11 | — |
| Career wins | 91 | — |
| Knockouts | 51 | — |
| Title defences | 18 | — |
| Career bouts | 172 | — |
| Olympic gold medals | — | 8 |
| Olympic Games contested | — | 3 |
| Individual Olympic finals won | — | 8 |
| World bests | — | 3 |
| US national titles | — | 15 |
Abe Attell leads with a cross-sport score of 86.7 against 85.3 for Ray Ewry — a gap of 1.4 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
Ewry scores higher on peak, dominance, honours. Attell leads on longevity.
Each in-sport GOAT score is multiplied by Competition Depth: Attell 0.96 (boxing) and Ewry 0.96 (athletics). Deeper, more global sports keep more of their score.
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