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Fosbury vs Šebrle

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
ŠebrleWinner
82.2

Šebrle wins: Dominance, Longevity, Honours, Statistics

Fosbury
75.5

Fosbury wins: Peak

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇿 Roman Šebrle
82.2

Šebrle leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. The first decathlete past 9,000 points and Olympic champion in Athens.

1. Roman Šebrle
82.2
2. Dick Fosbury
75.5

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. 🇨🇿 Roman Šebrle5 seasons played · career day 2,55642,600 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Dick Fosbury5 seasons played · career day 2,55610.6 major golds
-100.0% vs Šebrle at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Fosbury00006.1914.79
🇨🇿 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.

MetricFosburyRetiredŠebrleRetired
Olympic golds11
Olympic records1
NCAA titles1
Best jump (m)2.24
Technique named after him1
World titles1
European titles3
Personal best (points)9,026
Olympic medals2
Dominance w25%7880
Peak w20%9286
Longevity w20%5480
Honours w20%7482
Statistics w15%8084

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Šebrle82.2
Fosbury75.5
The people
Fosbury
Šebrle

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