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Beckford vs Ashmeade

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BeckfordWinner
80.7

Beckford wins: Longevity, Honours

Ashmeade
80.6

Ashmeade wins: Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇯🇲 Allison Beckford
80.7

Beckford leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic relay medallist and world championship relay medallist for Jamaica.

1. Allison Beckford
80.7
2. Nickel Ashmeade
80.6

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. 🇯🇲 Allison Beckford5 seasons played · career day 1,825358 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇯🇲 Nickel Ashmeade5 seasons played · career day 2,190100.1 major golds
-72.0% vs Beckford at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇯🇲 Beckford0052114358663
🇯🇲 Ashmeade00020.280160.33

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.

MetricBeckfordRetiredAshmeadeRetired
Olympic medals1
World Championship medals23
Personal best (s)50.26
Olympic appearances22
Jamaican championship medals4
Olympic golds1
100 m personal best9.9
200 m personal best19.85
Dominance w25%7474
Peak w20%8690
Longevity w20%8076
Honours w20%8280
Statistics w15%8486

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GOAT Rank · the data
Beckford80.7
Ashmeade80.6
The people
Beckford
Ashmeade

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