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Gebrselassie vs Ayana
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GebrselassieWinner
91.9Gebrselassie wins: Longevity, Honours
Ayana
88.7Ayana wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇪🇹 Haile Gebrselassie
91.9
Gebrselassie leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Haile Gebrselassie
2. Almaz Ayana
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 season1. 🇪🇹 Haile Gebrselassie5 seasons played · career day 2,1917,874 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇪🇹 Almaz Ayana5 seasons played · career day 1,826361 major golds
-95.4% vs Gebrselassie at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇪🇹 Gebrselassie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,589 | 4,740 | 12,582.11 |
| 🇪🇹 Ayana | 0 | 0 | 45 | 104 | 262 | 619 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | GebrselassieRetired | AyanaRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic golds | 2 | — |
| World Championship golds | 4 | — |
| World records | 27 | — |
| 10,000 m best (s) | 1,565.11 | — |
| Marathon best (s) | 7,439 | — |
| Major marathon wins | 8 | — |
| Olympic gold medals | — | 1 |
| World Championship titles | — | 1 |
| 10,000 metres world record in seconds | — | 1,717 |
| Olympic medals | — | 2 |
| World Championship medals | — | 3 |
| Dominance w25% | 90 | 92 |
| Peak w20% | 92 | 98 |
| Longevity w20% | 94 | 72 |
| Honours w20% | 91 | 88 |
| Statistics w15% | 93 | 94 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Gebrselassie91.9
Ayana88.7
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