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Kristiansen vs Lavillenie

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KristiansenWinner
87.8

Kristiansen wins: Dominance, Statistics

Lavillenie
87.0

Lavillenie wins: Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇳🇴 Ingrid Kristiansen
87.8

Kristiansen leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Held world records at 5,000m, 10,000m and the marathon simultaneously.

1. Ingrid Kristiansen
87.8
2. Renaud Lavillenie
87.0

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. 🇫🇷 Renaud Lavillenie5 seasons played · career day 3,28629.7 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇳🇴 Ingrid Kristiansen5 seasons played · career day 3,28620 major golds
-32.7% vs Lavillenie at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇳🇴 Kristiansen0000220
🇫🇷 Lavillenie00005.8629.69

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.

MetricKristiansenRetiredLavillenieActive
World records4
World Championship golds1
London Marathon wins2
Boston Marathon wins1
World cross country titles1
Olympic golds1
World indoor titles3
European titles4
Best vault (m)6.16
Diamond League titles8
Dominance w25%8884
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%8486
Honours w20%8486
Statistics w15%9288

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GOAT Rank · the data
Kristiansen87.8
Lavillenie87.0
The people
Kristiansen
Lavillenie

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