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Andersson vs Ingebrigtsen

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
AnderssonWinner
82.3

Andersson wins: Longevity

Ingebrigtsen
81.9

Ingebrigtsen wins: Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇸🇪 Arne Andersson
82.3

Andersson leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Hägg's great rival, holder of the mile world record and a serial sub-4:02 miler.

1. Arne Andersson
82.3
2. Jakob Ingebrigtsen
81.9

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.

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Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Major golds per season
1. 🇸🇪 Arne Andersson5 seasons played · career day 1,82511 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇳🇴 Jakob Ingebrigtsen5 seasons played · career day 2,1909 major golds
-18.2% vs Andersson at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇸🇪 Andersson00141113
🇳🇴 Ingebrigtsen0002717

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.

MetricAnderssonRetiredIngebrigtsenActive
World records63
Mile world record4.01
Swedish titles6
Sub-4:02 miles5
1500 m best3.44
Olympic golds2
World Championship golds2
European golds8
1500m best (sec)205.63
Dominance w25%8686
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%6860
Honours w20%7884
Statistics w15%8888

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GOAT Rank · the data
Andersson82.3
Ingebrigtsen81.9
The people
Andersson
Ingebrigtsen

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