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Douglas vs Klampár

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KlampárWinner
80.7

Klampár wins: Dominance, Honours

Douglas
80.6

Douglas wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇭🇺 Tibor Klampár
80.7

Klampár leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. World team champion with Hungary in 1979 and a multiple European medallist.

1. Tibor Klampár
80.7
2. Desmond Douglas
80.6

Category breakdown

Season form · Titles per season

Career timeline · Titles 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 · Titles per season
1. 🇭🇺 Tibor Klampár5 seasons played · career day 1,825342 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Desmond Douglas5 seasons played · career day 1,825336 titles
-1.8% vs Klampár at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Douglas0050110336700
🇭🇺 Klampár0050110342712

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.

MetricDouglasRetiredKlampárRetired
English national titles11
European medals3
Commonwealth Championship golds5
Career high European ranking1
Years at the top level2120
World team titles1
World Championship medals6
European titles3
Hungarian national titles6
Dominance w25%7476
Peak w20%8686
Longevity w20%8884
Honours w20%7880
Statistics w15%7878

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GOAT Rank · the data
Klampár80.7
Douglas80.6
The people
Douglas
Klampár

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