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Hägg vs Akabusi

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
HäggWinner
84.7

Hägg wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Akabusi
83.1

Akabusi wins: Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇸🇪 Gunder Hägg
84.7

Hägg leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Set 15 world records in 80 days in 1942 and pushed the mile towards four minutes.

1. Gunder Hägg
84.7
2. Kriss Akabusi
83.1

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.

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Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Major golds per season
1. 🇬🇧 Kriss Akabusi5 seasons played · career day 2,191246.4 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇸🇪 Gunder Hägg5 seasons played · career day 1,82619 major golds
-92.3% vs Akabusi at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇸🇪 Hägg00141621
🇬🇧 Akabusi00050.2197.8391.06

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.

MetricHäggRetiredAkabusiRetired
World records15
Mile world record4.01
Swedish titles8
World records in 194210
Distances with world records8
World Championship golds1
Olympic medals2
European titles1
400 m hurdles best47.82
Commonwealth medals4
Dominance w25%9078
Peak w20%9690
Longevity w20%6678
Honours w20%8084
Statistics w15%9288

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GOAT Rank · the data
Hägg84.7
Akabusi83.1
The people
Hägg
Akabusi

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