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Barber vs Yang

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BarberWinner
87.5

Barber wins: Honours

Yang
87.0

Yang wins: Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇫🇷 Eunice Barber
87.5

Barber leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. World heptathlon champion in 1999 and world long jump champion in 2003.

1. Eunice Barber
87.5
2. Yang Chuan-kwang
87.0

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. 🇫🇷 Eunice Barber5 seasons played · career day 1,825296 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇹🇼 Yang Chuan-kwang5 seasons played · career day 1,825292 major golds
-1.4% vs Barber at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇫🇷 Barber004090296655
🇹🇼 Yang004597292644

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.

MetricBarberRetiredYangRetired
World Championship titles2
World Championship medals5
Heptathlon personal best6,889
Long jump personal best in centimetres712
European medals2
Olympic silver medals1
World records set1
Asian Games titles3
Decathlon personal best9,121
NCAA titles2
Dominance w25%8686
Peak w20%9494
Longevity w20%8282
Honours w20%8884
Statistics w15%8890

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GOAT Rank · the data
Barber87.5
Yang87.0
The people
Barber
Yang

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