Who is better, Flo-Jo or McLaughlin-Levrone?
Florence Griffith Joyner leads with a GOAT score of 85.5 against 85.5 for Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone — a gap of 0.0 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Flo-Jo vs McLaughlin-Levrone
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently scores Florence Griffith Joyner and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone level at 85.5. Florence Griffith Joyner leads on Peak, Dominance, Honours. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone leads on Longevity, Statistics.
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Flo-JoWinner
85.5Flo-Jo wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours
McLaughlin-Levrone
85.5McLaughlin-Levrone wins: Longevity, Statistics
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Florence Griffith Joyner
85.5
Flo-Jo leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Florence Griffith Joyner
2. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone
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
Through age 24 · Form index per season
1. 🇺🇸 Florence Griffith Joyner48 major golds
1 season by age 24 · 48 per season
Setting the pace at age 24
No verified birth date for McLaughlin-Levrone — shown in the pro-debut view instead.
Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 24, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.
| Metric | Flo-JoRetired | McLaughlin-LevroneActive |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic golds | 3 | 3 |
| World records | 2 | 6 |
| World golds | 1 | — |
| 100m best (s) | 10.49 | — |
| 200m best (s) | 21.34 | — |
| Olympic medals | 5 | — |
| World titles | — | 2 |
| Personal best (s) | — | 50.37 |
| World Championship medals | — | 3 |
| Dominance w25% | 92 | 90 |
| Peak w20% | 99 | 94 |
| Longevity w20% | 58 | 66 |
| Honours w20% | 88 | 86 |
| Statistics w15% | 90 | 92 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Flo-Jo85.5
McLaughlin-Levrone85.5
The people
Flo-Jo
McLaughlin-Levrone
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Where does McLaughlin-Levrone beat Flo-Jo?
McLaughlin-Levrone scores higher on statistics, longevity. Flo-Jo leads on peak, dominance, honours.
How is the Flo-Jo vs McLaughlin-Levrone score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Flo-Jo: 85.5, McLaughlin-Levrone: 85.5.
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