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Baltrusch vs Carlin

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BaltruschWinner
80.4

Baltrusch wins: Dominance, Honours, Statistics

Carlin
80.3

Carlin wins: Peak, Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇩🇪 Frank Baltrusch
80.4

Baltrusch leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. World Championship silver medallist over 1500 metres in 1991.

1. Frank Baltrusch
80.4
2. Jazmin Carlin
80.3

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 season
1. 🇩🇪 Frank Baltrusch5 seasons played · career day 1,825366 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Jazmin Carlin5 seasons played · career day 2,55623 major golds
-93.7% vs Baltrusch at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇩🇪 Baltrusch0050115366472
🇬🇧 Carlin00001238

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.

MetricBaltruschRetiredCarlinRetired
World Championship medals11
European Championship medals2
National titles6
Olympic appearances1
National records set4
Olympic medals2
European titles2
Commonwealth medals2
British records3
Dominance w25%7874
Peak w20%8890
Longevity w20%7278
Honours w20%8078
Statistics w15%8684

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GOAT Rank · the data
Baltrusch80.4
Carlin80.3
The people
Baltrusch
Carlin

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