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Bolt vs Bubka
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BoltWinner
93.2Bolt wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics
Bubka
93.2Bubka wins: Longevity
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇯🇲 Usain Bolt
93.2
Bolt leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Usain Bolt
2. Sergey Bubka
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. 🇯🇲 Usain Bolt224 major golds
4 seasons by age 21 · 56 per season
Setting the pace at age 21
2. 🇺🇦 Sergey Bubka148 major golds
2 seasons by age 21 · 74 per season
Bubka is -33.9% behind Bolt's pace at age 21
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.
| Metric | BoltRetired | BubkaRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic golds | 8 | 1 |
| World golds | 11 | — |
| World records | 3 | 35 |
| 100m best (s) | 9.58 | — |
| 200m best (s) | 19.19 | — |
| Global finals won | 19 | — |
| World golds (outdoor) | — | 6 |
| Best height (m) | — | 6.15 |
| 6.00m+ clearances | — | 44 |
| Seasons at the top | — | 18 |
| Dominance w25% | 98 | 96 |
| Peak w20% | 100 | 94 |
| Longevity w20% | 74 | 92 |
| Honours w20% | 98 | 90 |
| Statistics w15% | 95 | 93 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Bolt93.2
Bubka93.2
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