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Freeman vs Taylor

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FreemanWinner
82.6

Freeman wins: Peak, Statistics

Taylor
82.0

Taylor wins: Dominance, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Cathy Freeman
82.6

Freeman leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Lit the flame and won 400m gold at the Sydney 2000 Olympics.

1. Cathy Freeman
82.6
2. Christian Taylor
82.0

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

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Major golds per season
1. 🇺🇸 Christian Taylor5 seasons played · career day 2,19088.6 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Cathy Freeman5 seasons played · career day 1,82511 major golds
-87.6% vs Taylor at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Freeman00121126
🇺🇸 Taylor00017.4570.88142.38

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.

MetricFreemanRetiredTaylorActive
Olympic golds12
World Championship golds2
Commonwealth golds3
400m best (sec)48.63
Olympic medals2
World titles4
Personal best (m)18.21
Diamond League titles4
World medals5
Dominance w25%8082
Peak w20%9286
Longevity w20%7676
Honours w20%8284
Statistics w15%8482

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GOAT Rank · the data
Freeman82.6
Taylor82.0
The people
Freeman
Taylor

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