Who is better, Gebrselassie or Kipchoge?
Eliud Kipchoge leads with a GOAT score of 92.0 against 91.9 for Haile Gebrselassie — a gap of 0.1 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Gebrselassie vs Kipchoge
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Eliud Kipchoge above Haile Gebrselassie: 92.0 vs 91.9. Eliud Kipchoge leads on Dominance, Peak. Haile Gebrselassie leads on Longevity.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
KipchogeWinner
92.0Kipchoge wins: Dominance, Peak
Gebrselassie
91.9Gebrselassie wins: Longevity
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇰🇪 Eliud Kipchoge
92.0
Kipchoge leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Eliud Kipchoge
2. Haile Gebrselassie
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. 🇰🇪 Eliud Kipchoge5 seasons played · career day 5,84337,314 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇪🇹 Haile Gebrselassie5 seasons played · career day 2,1917,874 major golds
-78.9% vs Kipchoge 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 |
| 🇰🇪 Kipchoge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | GebrselassieRetired | KipchogeActive |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic golds | 2 | 2 |
| World Championship golds | 4 | 1 |
| World records | 27 | — |
| 10,000 m best (s) | 1,565.11 | — |
| Marathon best (s) | 7,439 | — |
| Major marathon wins | 8 | 11 |
| Marathon world record (s) | — | 7,299 |
| Sub-2 hour exhibitions | — | 1 |
| Berlin Marathon wins | — | 5 |
| Dominance w25% | 90 | 92 |
| Peak w20% | 92 | 94 |
| Longevity w20% | 94 | 90 |
| Honours w20% | 91 | 91 |
| Statistics w15% | 93 | 93 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Kipchoge92.0
Gebrselassie91.9
The people
Gebrselassie
Kipchoge
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Where does Gebrselassie beat Kipchoge?
Gebrselassie scores higher on longevity. Kipchoge leads on peak, dominance.
How is the Gebrselassie vs Kipchoge score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Gebrselassie: 91.9, Kipchoge: 92.0.
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