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Freeman vs Cram

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CramWinner
83.0

Cram wins: Dominance, Statistics

Freeman
82.6

Freeman wins: Peak

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Steve Cram
83.0

Cram leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. World 1500m champion and holder of three world records in 19 days.

1. Steve Cram
83.0
2. Cathy Freeman
82.6

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. 🇬🇧 Steve Cram5 seasons played · career day 2,55613 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Cathy Freeman5 seasons played · career day 1,82511 major golds
-15.4% vs Cram at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Freeman00121126
🇬🇧 Cram0000622

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.

MetricFreemanRetiredCramRetired
Olympic golds1
World Championship golds21
Commonwealth golds32
400m best (sec)48.63
Olympic medals2
World records3
European golds2
Mile best (sec)226.31
Dominance w25%8082
Peak w20%9290
Longevity w20%7676
Honours w20%8282
Statistics w15%8486

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Cram83.0
Freeman82.6
The people
Freeman
Cram

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