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Tulu vs Devers

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TuluWinner
88.3

Tulu wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Devers
85.5

Devers wins: no category outright

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇪🇹 Derartu Tulu
88.3

Tulu leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. First black African woman to win Olympic gold, in Barcelona 1992.

1. Derartu Tulu
88.3
2. Gail Devers
85.5

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. 🇺🇸 Gail Devers5 seasons played · career day 3,28662.8 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇪🇹 Derartu Tulu5 seasons played · career day 2,55521 major golds
-66.6% vs Devers at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇪🇹 Tulu00001331
🇺🇸 Devers000012.4862.78

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.

MetricTuluRetiredDeversRetired
Olympic golds23
World Championship golds15
Olympic medals3
World cross country titles1
New York Marathon wins1
100 m personal best10.82
100 m hurdles best (s)12.33
World indoor golds4
US titles12
Dominance w25%8682
Peak w20%9288
Longevity w20%8888
Honours w20%8886
Statistics w15%8884

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GOAT Rank · the data
Tulu88.3
Devers85.5
The people
Tulu
Devers

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