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Almgren vs Arop

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AropWinner
81.3

Arop wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Almgren
81.1

Almgren wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇦 Marco Arop
81.3

Arop leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. World 800m champion in 2023 and Olympic silver medallist in Paris.

1. Marco Arop
81.3
2. Andreas Almgren
81.1

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. 🇸🇪 Andreas Almgren5 seasons played · career day 2,5563,981 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇦 Marco Arop5 seasons played · career day 2,1907.2 major golds
-99.8% vs Almgren at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇸🇪 Almgren00002,4055,536
🇨🇦 Arop0001.445.7610.02

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.

MetricAlmgrenActiveAropActive
European records1
European Championship medals1
5,000 m best764.36
Half marathon best3,538
National titles8
World Championship golds1
Olympic medals1
Personal best1.41
Diamond League wins5
National records1
Dominance w25%7882
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%7464
Honours w20%7882
Statistics w15%8888

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GOAT Rank · the data
Arop81.3
Almgren81.1
The people
Almgren
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