Who is better, Andrei or Gatlin?
Alessandro Andrei leads with a GOAT score of 85.7 against 85.6 for Justin Gatlin — a gap of 0.1 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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GOAT Rank currently ranks Alessandro Andrei above Justin Gatlin: 85.7 vs 85.6. Alessandro Andrei leads on Dominance, Peak, Statistics. Justin Gatlin leads on Longevity, Honours.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →Andrei wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics
Gatlin wins: Longevity, Honours
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Andrei leads in 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇮🇹 Andrei | 0 | 0 | 45 | 99 | 314 | 672 |
| 🇺🇸 Gatlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.01 | 59.32 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | AndreiRetired | GatlinRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic gold medals | 1 | — |
| World records set | 3 | — |
| Personal best in centimetres | 2,272 | — |
| Italian titles | 10 | — |
| World Indoor medals | 1 | — |
| Olympic golds | — | 1 |
| World Championship golds | — | 5 |
| Olympic medals | — | 5 |
| 100m best (sec) | — | 9.74 |
| World Championship medals | — | 12 |
| Dominance w25% | 84 | 80 |
| Peak w20% | 94 | 90 |
| Longevity w20% | 80 | 88 |
| Honours w20% | 82 | 84 |
| Statistics w15% | 90 | 88 |
Alessandro Andrei leads with a GOAT score of 85.7 against 85.6 for Justin Gatlin — a gap of 0.1 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
Gatlin scores higher on honours, longevity. Andrei leads on peak, dominance, statistics.
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Andrei: 85.7, Gatlin: 85.6.
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