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Lewis vs Šebrle

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LewisWinner
82.4

Lewis wins: Peak

Šebrle
82.2

Šebrle wins: Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Denise Lewis
82.4

Lewis leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic heptathlon champion in Sydney 2000 and twice a Commonwealth champion.

1. Denise Lewis
82.4
2. Roman Šebrle
82.2

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. 🇨🇿 Roman Šebrle5 seasons played · career day 2,55642,600 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Denise Lewis5 seasons played · career day 1,826347 major golds
-99.2% vs Šebrle at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Lewis0055117263707
🇨🇿 Šebrle000025,10060,426

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.

MetricLewisRetiredŠebrleRetired
Olympic gold medals1
Olympic medals22
World Championship medals2
Commonwealth Games golds2
Personal best points6,831
Olympic golds1
World titles1
European titles3
Personal best (points)9,026
Dominance w25%8080
Peak w20%9086
Longevity w20%8080
Honours w20%8282
Statistics w15%8084

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GOAT Rank · the data
Lewis82.4
Šebrle82.2
The people
Lewis
Šebrle

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