Who is better, Kipyegon or Korzeniowski?
Robert Korzeniowski leads with a GOAT score of 89.7 against 89.5 for Faith Kipyegon — a gap of 0.2 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Kipyegon vs Korzeniowski
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Robert Korzeniowski above Faith Kipyegon: 89.7 vs 89.5. Robert Korzeniowski leads on Longevity, Honours. Faith Kipyegon leads on Statistics.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
KorzeniowskiWinner
89.7Korzeniowski wins: Longevity, Honours
Kipyegon
89.5Kipyegon wins: Statistics
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇵🇱 Robert Korzeniowski
89.7
Korzeniowski leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Robert Korzeniowski
2. Faith Kipyegon
Category breakdown
Season form · Form index per season
Career timeline · Form index 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 · Form index per season1. 🇰🇪 Faith Kipyegon5 seasons played · career day 3,2861,179.6 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇵🇱 Robert Korzeniowski5 seasons played · career day 3,28726 major golds
-97.8% vs Kipyegon at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇰🇪 Kipyegon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 239 | 1,179.59 |
| 🇵🇱 Korzeniowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | KipyegonActive | KorzeniowskiRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic golds | 3 | 4 |
| World Championship golds | 3 | 3 |
| World records | 3 | — |
| 1500 m world record (s) | 209.63 | — |
| Mile world record (s) | 246.95 | — |
| Diamond League titles | 5 | — |
| European titles | — | 2 |
| 50km best (min) | — | 220.71 |
| Olympic Games contested | — | 4 |
| Dominance w25% | 90 | 90 |
| Peak w20% | 94 | 94 |
| Longevity w20% | 82 | 84 |
| Honours w20% | 90 | 92 |
| Statistics w15% | 92 | 88 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Korzeniowski89.7
Kipyegon89.5
The people
Kipyegon
Korzeniowski
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Where does Kipyegon beat Korzeniowski?
Kipyegon scores higher on statistics. Korzeniowski leads on honours, longevity.
How is the Kipyegon vs Korzeniowski score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Kipyegon: 89.5, Korzeniowski: 89.7.
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