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Arai vs Abdelrahman

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AraiWinner
74.8

Arai wins: Longevity, Honours

Abdelrahman
74.0

Abdelrahman wins: Peak

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇯🇵 Hirooki Arai
74.8

Arai leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic bronze medallist in the 50 km walk in Rio 2016 and again a world medallist.

1. Hirooki Arai
74.8
2. Ihab Abdelrahman
74.0

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 season
1. 🇪🇬 Ihab Abdelrahman5 seasons played · career day 1,825348 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇯🇵 Hirooki Arai5 seasons played · career day 1,825324 major golds
-6.9% vs Abdelrahman at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇯🇵 Arai0050108324676
🇪🇬 Abdelrahman0052112348652

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.

MetricAraiRetiredAbdelrahmanRetired
Olympic medals1
World Championship medals11
Personal best (h)3.402
Japanese national titles3
Global finals contested5
Personal best (m)89.21
African Championship titles2
Diamond League podiums4
Olympic Games contested2
Dominance w25%6868
Peak w20%8284
Longevity w20%7672
Honours w20%7472
Statistics w15%7676

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GOAT Rank · the data
Arai74.8
Abdelrahman74.0
The people
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Abdelrahman

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