Who is better, Blankers-Koen or El Bakkali?
Soufiane El Bakkali leads with a GOAT score of 90.6 against 90.5 for Fanny Blankers-Koen — a gap of 0.1 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Blankers-Koen vs El Bakkali
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Soufiane El Bakkali above Fanny Blankers-Koen: 90.6 vs 90.5. Soufiane El Bakkali leads on Statistics, Honours. Fanny Blankers-Koen leads on Dominance, Longevity.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
El BakkaliWinner
90.6El Bakkali wins: Honours, Statistics
Blankers-Koen
90.5Blankers-Koen wins: Dominance, Longevity
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇲🇦 Soufiane El Bakkali
90.6
El Bakkali leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Soufiane El Bakkali
2. Fanny Blankers-Koen
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. 🇲🇦 Soufiane El Bakkali5 seasons played · career day 2,5562,401.5 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇳🇱 Fanny Blankers-Koen5 seasons played · career day 2,92110 major golds
-99.6% vs El Bakkali at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇳🇱 Blankers-Koen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| 🇲🇦 El Bakkali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,445 | 3,356.08 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | Blankers-KoenRetired | El BakkaliActive |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic golds | 4 | 2 |
| European golds | 5 | — |
| World records | 12 | — |
| Dutch titles | 58 | — |
| Olympic golds in one Games | 4 | — |
| World Championship golds | — | 2 |
| Steeplechase best | — | 477.08 |
| Diamond League titles | — | 1 |
| Global medals | — | 6 |
| Dominance w25% | 92 | 90 |
| Peak w20% | 96 | 96 |
| Longevity w20% | 84 | 82 |
| Honours w20% | 90 | 92 |
| Statistics w15% | 90 | 94 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
El Bakkali90.6
Blankers-Koen90.5
The people
Blankers-Koen
El Bakkali
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Where does Blankers-Koen beat El Bakkali?
Blankers-Koen scores higher on dominance, longevity. El Bakkali leads on honours, statistics.
How is the Blankers-Koen vs El Bakkali score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Blankers-Koen: 90.5, El Bakkali: 90.6.
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