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Khan vs DeGale

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KhanWinner
80.3

Khan wins: Longevity

DeGale
79.9

DeGale wins: Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Amir Khan
80.3

Khan leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic silver medallist at 17 and unified light welterweight world champion.

1. Amir Khan
80.3
2. James DeGale
79.9

Category breakdown

Season form · Form index per season

Career timeline · Form index per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through year 5 · Form index per season
1. 🇬🇧 Amir Khan5 years played · career day 1,82521 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 James DeGale5 years played · career day 1,82519 title wins
-9.5% vs Khan at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Khan005112129
🇬🇧 DeGale00491927

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 years 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.

MetricKhanRetiredDeGaleRetired
World titles2
Olympic medals1
Professional wins3425
Career knockouts21
Professional bouts40
Olympic golds1
World titles won1
Knockout wins15
Professional losses3
Dominance w25%7474
Peak w20%8890
Longevity w20%8274
Honours w20%7680
Statistics w15%8484

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GOAT Rank · the data
Khan80.3
DeGale79.9
The people
Khan
DeGale

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