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Tulu vs Drechsler

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TuluWinner
88.3

Tulu wins: Peak, Honours, Statistics

Drechsler
87.2

Drechsler wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇪🇹 Derartu Tulu
88.3

Tulu leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. First black African woman to win Olympic gold, in Barcelona 1992.

1. Derartu Tulu
88.3
2. Heike Drechsler
87.2

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. 🇩🇪 Heike Drechsler5 seasons played · career day 2,92136.9 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇪🇹 Derartu Tulu5 seasons played · career day 2,55521 major golds
-43.1% vs Drechsler at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇪🇹 Tulu00001331
🇩🇪 Drechsler00007.1444.39

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.

MetricTuluRetiredDrechslerRetired
Olympic golds22
World Championship golds1
Olympic medals35
World cross country titles1
New York Marathon wins1
World titles2
Personal best (m)7.48
European titles4
Dominance w25%8686
Peak w20%9288
Longevity w20%8890
Honours w20%8886
Statistics w15%8886

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GOAT Rank · the data
Tulu88.3
Drechsler87.2
The people
Tulu
Drechsler

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