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Ayana vs Chizhova

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AyanaWinner
88.7

Ayana wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Chizhova
88.7

Chizhova wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇪🇹 Almaz Ayana
88.7

Ayana leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Broke the 10,000 metres world record by fourteen seconds to win 2016 Olympic gold.

1. Almaz Ayana
88.7
2. Nadezhda Chizhova
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. 🇷🇺 Nadezhda Chizhova5 seasons played · career day 1,82510 major golds
-97.2% vs Ayana at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇪🇹 Ayana0045104262619
🇷🇺 Chizhova00131020

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.

MetricAyanaRetiredChizhovaRetired
Olympic gold medals11
World Championship titles1
10,000 metres world record in seconds1,717
Olympic medals23
World Championship medals3
World records8
European titles3
Best put in metres21.45
Dominance w25%9290
Peak w20%9894
Longevity w20%7280
Honours w20%8888
Statistics w15%9492

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GOAT Rank · the data
Ayana88.7
Chizhova88.7
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