Who is better, Bolt or Richards-Ross?
Usain Bolt leads with a GOAT score of 93.2 against 87.5 for Sanya Richards-Ross — a gap of 5.7 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Bolt vs Richards-Ross
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Usain Bolt above Sanya Richards-Ross: 93.2 vs 87.5. Usain Bolt leads on Dominance, Peak, Honours. Sanya Richards-Ross leads on Longevity.
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BoltWinner
93.2Bolt wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics
Richards-Ross
87.5Richards-Ross 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. Sanya Richards-Ross
Category breakdown
Season form · Form index per season
Career timeline · Form index per season
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
GOAT pace tracker
Through age 21 · Form index per season
1. 🇯🇲 Usain Bolt224 major golds
4 seasons by age 21 · 56 per season
Setting the pace at age 21
No verified birth date for Richards-Ross — 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 | Richards-RossRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic golds | 8 | 5 |
| World golds | 11 | — |
| World records | 3 | — |
| 100m best (s) | 9.58 | — |
| 200m best (s) | 19.19 | — |
| Global finals won | 19 | — |
| World Championship golds | — | 5 |
| 400m best (sec) | — | 48.7 |
| Diamond League titles | — | 4 |
| World Championship medals | — | 8 |
| Dominance w25% | 98 | 86 |
| Peak w20% | 100 | 92 |
| Longevity w20% | 74 | 82 |
| Honours w20% | 98 | 90 |
| Statistics w15% | 95 | 88 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Bolt93.2
Richards-Ross87.5
FAQ
Where does Richards-Ross beat Bolt?
Richards-Ross scores higher on longevity. Bolt leads on peak, dominance, honours, statistics.
How is the Bolt vs Richards-Ross score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Bolt: 93.2, Richards-Ross: 87.5.
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