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O'Brien vs Klüft

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O'BrienWinner
85.1

O'Brien wins: Peak, Longevity, Statistics

Klüft
84.5

Klüft wins: Dominance

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Dan O'Brien
85.1

O'Brien leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic decathlon champion in 1996 with three world titles.

1. Dan O'Brien
85.1
2. Carolina Klüft
84.5

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. 🇺🇸 Dan O'Brien5 seasons played · career day 2,55643,593 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇸🇪 Carolina Klüft5 seasons played · career day 2,55634,001 major golds
-22.0% vs O'Brien at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 O'Brien000017,17061,099
🇸🇪 Klüft000013,42247,633

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.

MetricO'BrienRetiredKlüftRetired
Olympic golds11
World Championship golds3
World records1
Best score (points)8,891
US titles7
World titles3
European titles2
Personal best (points)7,032
Indoor world titles2
Dominance w25%8688
Peak w20%9290
Longevity w20%7472
Honours w20%8686
Statistics w15%8886

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GOAT Rank · the data
O'Brien85.1
Klüft84.5
The people
O'Brien
Klüft

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