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Bailey vs Aregawi

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BaileyWinner
81.0

Bailey wins: Longevity, Honours, Statistics

Aregawi
81.0

Aregawi wins: Dominance, Peak

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇯🇲 Aleen Bailey
81.0

Bailey leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic 4x100 m relay champion for Jamaica in Athens in 2004.

1. Aleen Bailey
81.0
2. Abeba Aregawi
81.0

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. 🇯🇲 Aleen Bailey5 seasons played · career day 2,19155.4 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇸🇪 Abeba Aregawi5 seasons played · career day 1,82510 major golds
-81.9% vs Bailey at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇯🇲 Bailey00011.344.5288.71
🇸🇪 Aregawi00011013

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.

MetricBaileyRetiredAregawiRetired
Olympic golds1
World Championship medals21
100 m best10.91
200 m best22.21
NCAA titles3
World Championship golds1
World indoor titles1
Diamond League titles1
1500 m personal best3.56
Dominance w25%7480
Peak w20%8890
Longevity w20%7872
Honours w20%8280
Statistics w15%8684

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GOAT Rank · the data
Bailey81.0
Aregawi81.0
The people
Bailey
Aregawi

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