Bolt vs Kipchoge
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Bolt wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics
Kipchoge wins: Longevity
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Verdict
Bolt leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories.
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
Setting the pace at age 21
No verified birth date for Kipchoge — 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.
| Metric | BoltRetired | KipchogeActive |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic golds | 8 | 2 |
| World golds | 11 | — |
| World records | 3 | — |
| 100m best (s) | 9.58 | — |
| 200m best (s) | 19.19 | — |
| Global finals won | 19 | — |
| Major marathon wins | — | 11 |
| Marathon world record (s) | — | 7,299 |
| Sub-2 hour exhibitions | — | 1 |
| World Championship golds | — | 1 |
| Berlin Marathon wins | — | 5 |
| Dominance w25% | 98 | 92 |
| Peak w20% | 100 | 94 |
| Longevity w20% | 74 | 90 |
| Honours w20% | 98 | 91 |
| Statistics w15% | 95 | 93 |
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