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Bai vs Warholm

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WarholmWinner
84.7

Warholm wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics

Bai
77.4

Bai wins: no category outright

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇳🇴 Karsten Warholm
84.7

Warholm leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. 400m hurdles revolutionary who ran 45.94 in Tokyo.

1. Karsten Warholm
84.7
2. Bai Xue
77.4

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

Through age 21 · Major golds per season
1. 🇳🇴 Karsten Warholm72 major golds
1 season by age 21 · 72 per season

Setting the pace at age 21

No verified birth date for Bai — shown in the pro-debut view instead.

Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 21, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.

MetricBaiRetiredWarholmActive
World outdoor titles1
Marathon personal best2.234
National Games titles1
Global championships contested3
Marathons completed12
Olympic golds1
World golds3
World records2
400mH best (s)45.94
Diamond League titles4
European titles3
Dominance w25%7488
Peak w20%9095
Longevity w20%6670
Honours w20%8084
Statistics w15%7886

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GOAT Rank · the data
Warholm84.7
Bai77.4
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