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Averbukh vs Barega

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
BaregaWinner
84.8

Barega wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Averbukh
83.1

Averbukh wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇪🇹 Selemon Barega
84.8

Barega leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic 10,000 m champion in Tokyo and a world indoor 3,000 m champion.

1. Selemon Barega
84.8
2. Aleksandr Averbukh
83.1

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.

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Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Major golds per season
1. 🇪🇹 Selemon Barega5 seasons played · career day 2,1913,889.8 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇮🇱 Aleksandr Averbukh5 seasons played · career day 2,92129.2 major golds
-99.2% vs Barega at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇮🇱 Averbukh000011.535.08
🇪🇹 Barega0007782,325.756,258.75

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.

MetricAverbukhRetiredBaregaActive
European titles2
World Championship medals22
Personal best in metres5.93
Olympic appearances3
National records1
Olympic golds1
World indoor golds1
5,000 m best772.75
10,000 m best1,600
Dominance w25%7682
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%8476
Honours w20%8286
Statistics w15%8690

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GOAT Rank · the data
Barega84.8
Averbukh83.1
The people
Averbukh
Barega

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