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Astafei vs Adeniken

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AstafeiWinner
79.3

Astafei wins: Longevity

Adeniken
79.3

Adeniken wins: Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇩🇪 Alina Astafei
79.3

Astafei leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. European high jump champion in 1994 and a world indoor medallist across two decades.

1. Alina Astafei
79.3
2. Olapade Adeniken
79.3

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. 🇩🇪 Alina Astafei5 seasons played · career day 1,825342 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇳🇬 Olapade Adeniken5 seasons played · career day 2,190100.7 major golds
-70.6% vs Astafei at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇩🇪 Astafei0050110342706
🇳🇬 Adeniken00020.380.45161.85

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.

MetricAstafeiRetiredAdenikenRetired
European titles1
World indoor medals3
Personal best (m)2
Olympic Games contested3
Years at the top level16
Olympic medals1
World Championship medals2
200 m personal best19.95
100 m personal best10.02
African Championship medals3
Dominance w25%7272
Peak w20%8488
Longevity w20%8878
Honours w20%7676
Statistics w15%7886

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GOAT Rank · the data
Astafei79.3
Adeniken79.3
The people
Astafei
Adeniken

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