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Thompson vs Jackson
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ThompsonWinner
88.0Thompson wins: Dominance, Honours
Jackson
87.5Jackson wins: Longevity
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Category radar
Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Daley Thompson
88.0
Thompson leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Daley Thompson
2. Colin Jackson
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 season1. 🇬🇧 Daley Thompson5 seasons played · career day 2,55642,757 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Colin Jackson5 seasons played · career day 1,825392 major golds
-99.1% vs Thompson at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16,812 | 60,270 |
| 🇬🇧 Jackson | 0 | 0 | 62 | 134 | 392 | 758 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | ThompsonRetired | JacksonRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic golds | 2 | — |
| World Championship golds | 1 | 2 |
| World records | 4 | — |
| European golds | 2 | — |
| Commonwealth golds | 3 | — |
| Decathlon best | 8,847 | — |
| Olympic silver medals | — | 1 |
| European Championship golds | — | 4 |
| World Indoor golds | — | 2 |
| World record 110 m hurdles | — | 12.91 |
| Dominance w25% | 88 | 86 |
| Peak w20% | 92 | 92 |
| Longevity w20% | 82 | 88 |
| Honours w20% | 90 | 84 |
| Statistics w15% | 88 | 88 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Thompson88.0
Jackson87.5
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