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Astafei vs Barber

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AstafeiWinner
79.3

Astafei wins: Longevity

Barber
79.3

Barber wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇩🇪 Alina Astafei
79.3

Astafei leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. European high jump champion in 1994 and a world indoor medallist across two decades.

1. Alina Astafei
79.3
2. Shawn Barber
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.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Major golds per season
1. 🇨🇦 Shawn Barber5 seasons played · career day 1,826394 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇩🇪 Alina Astafei5 seasons played · career day 1,825342 major golds
-13.2% vs Barber at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇩🇪 Astafei0050110342706
🇨🇦 Barber0060132312680

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.

MetricAstafeiRetiredBarberRetired
European titles1
World indoor medals3
Personal best (m)26
Olympic Games contested3
Years at the top level16
World outdoor titles1
Pan American Games golds1
NCAA titles2
Olympic finals1
Dominance w25%7276
Peak w20%8490
Longevity w20%8870
Honours w20%7680
Statistics w15%7882

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GOAT Rank · the data
Astafei79.3
Barber79.3
The people
Astafei
Barber

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