Who is better, Bennett or Bolt?
Usain Bolt leads with a GOAT score of 93.2 against 78.7 for Ainsley Bennett — a gap of 14.5 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Bennett vs Bolt
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Usain Bolt above Ainsley Bennett: 93.2 vs 78.7. Usain Bolt leads on Dominance, Honours, Peak.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
BoltWinner
93.2Bolt wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics
Bennett
78.7Bennett wins: no category outright
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇯🇲 Usain Bolt
93.2
Bolt leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Usain Bolt
2. Ainsley Bennett
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
Through age 21 · Form index per season
1. 🇯🇲 Usain Bolt224 major golds
4 seasons by age 21 · 56 per season
Setting the pace at age 21
No verified birth date for Bennett — shown in the pro-debut view instead.
Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 21, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.
| Metric | BennettRetired | BoltRetired |
|---|---|---|
| European Championship medals | 1 | — |
| Commonwealth Games medals | 1 | — |
| Olympic appearances | 2 | — |
| British titles | 2 | — |
| Relay finals | 3 | — |
| Olympic golds | — | 8 |
| World golds | — | 11 |
| World records | — | 3 |
| 100m best (s) | — | 9.58 |
| 200m best (s) | — | 19.19 |
| Global finals won | — | 19 |
| Dominance w25% | 74 | 98 |
| Peak w20% | 86 | 100 |
| Longevity w20% | 74 | 74 |
| Honours w20% | 78 | 98 |
| Statistics w15% | 84 | 95 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Bolt93.2
Bennett78.7
FAQ
Where does Bennett beat Bolt?
Bennett does not lead any of the five categories; Bolt is ahead or level on all of them.
How is the Bennett vs Bolt score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Bennett: 78.7, Bolt: 93.2.
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