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Aregawi vs Alekna

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AregawiWinner
81.0

Aregawi wins: Longevity

Alekna
80.9

Alekna wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇸🇪 Abeba Aregawi
81.0

Aregawi leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. World 1500 m champion in 2013 and a world indoor champion for Sweden.

1. Abeba Aregawi
81.0
2. Mykolas Alekna
80.9

Category breakdown

Season form · Major golds per season

Career timeline · Major golds 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 · Major golds per season
1. 🇱🇹 Mykolas Alekna5 seasons played · career day 1,825354.8 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇸🇪 Abeba Aregawi5 seasons played · career day 1,82510 major golds
-97.2% vs Alekna at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇸🇪 Aregawi00011013
🇱🇹 Alekna0065134.81354.83429.63

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.

MetricAregawiRetiredAleknaActive
World Championship golds1
World indoor titles1
Diamond League titles1
1500 m personal best3.56
World Championship medals12
World record75.56
Olympic medals1
European titles1
World U20 titles1
Dominance w25%8084
Peak w20%9094
Longevity w20%7258
Honours w20%8080
Statistics w15%8490

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GOAT Rank · the data
Aregawi81.0
Alekna80.9
The people
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