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Bondarchuk vs Assefa

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AssefaWinner
83.3

Assefa wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Bondarchuk
81.5

Bondarchuk wins: Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇪🇹 Tigst Assefa
83.3

Assefa leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Ran 2:11:53 in Berlin 2023, then took Olympic marathon silver in Paris.

1. Tigst Assefa
83.3
2. Anatoliy Bondarchuk
81.5

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. 🇺🇦 Anatoliy Bondarchuk5 seasons played · career day 1,825380 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇪🇹 Tigst Assefa5 seasons played · career day 4,01711.4 major golds
-97.0% vs Bondarchuk at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇦 Bondarchuk0060128380732
🇪🇹 Assefa000006.98

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.

MetricBondarchukRetiredAssefaActive
Olympic gold medals1
Olympic medals21
European Championship golds1
World records set2
Personal best hammer75.48
Marathon world record2.11
Berlin Marathon wins2
Marathon major wins3
Personal best improvement4
Dominance w25%8086
Peak w20%9096
Longevity w20%7666
Honours w20%8078
Statistics w15%8292

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GOAT Rank · the data
Assefa83.3
Bondarchuk81.5
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Bondarchuk
Assefa

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