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Bolt vs Duplantis
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🇸🇪 Armand Duplantis
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Duplantis leads on 3 of 5 weighted categories. Mondo: total ownership of the pole vault and the 6.26m+ world record.
1. Armand Duplantis
2. Usain Bolt
Category breakdown
Season form · Major golds per season
Career stage · GOAT pace
Through season 5 · Major golds per season1. 🇸🇪 Armand Duplantis5 seasons played411 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇯🇲 Usain Bolt5 seasons played318 major golds
-22.6% vs Duplantis at the same stage
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.
| Metric | BoltRetired | DuplantisActive |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic golds | 8 | 2 |
| World golds | 11 | — |
| World records | 3 | 13 |
| 100m best (s) | 9.58 | — |
| 200m best (s) | 19.19 | — |
| Global finals won | 19 | — |
| World golds (outdoor) | — | 3 |
| Diamond League titles | — | 6 |
| Best height (m) | — | 6.3 |
| 6.00m+ clearances | — | 100 |
| Dominance w25% | 98 | 99 |
| Peak w20% | 100 | 99 |
| Longevity w20% | 74 | 78 |
| Honours w20% | 98 | 94 |
| Statistics w15% | 95 | 96 |