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Ayana vs Pedroso

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PedrosoWinner
88.8

Pedroso wins: Longevity, Honours

Ayana
88.7

Ayana wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇺 Iván Pedroso
88.8

Pedroso leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic champion and four-time consecutive world long jump champion.

1. Iván Pedroso
88.8
2. Almaz Ayana
88.7

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. 🇪🇹 Almaz Ayana5 seasons played · career day 1,826361 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇺 Iván Pedroso5 seasons played · career day 1,8259 major golds
-97.5% vs Ayana at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇪🇹 Ayana0045104262619
🇨🇺 Pedroso0013919

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.

MetricAyanaRetiredPedrosoRetired
Olympic gold medals11
World Championship titles1
10,000 metres world record in seconds1,717
Olympic medals2
World Championship medals3
World Championship golds4
World indoor titles4
Best jump in metres8.71
Pan American golds2
Dominance w25%9288
Peak w20%9892
Longevity w20%7286
Honours w20%8890
Statistics w15%9488

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GOAT Rank · the data
Pedroso88.8
Ayana88.7
The people
Ayana
Pedroso

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