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Babakova vs Koch

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BabakovaWinner
86.4

Babakova wins: Longevity

Koch
86.3

Koch wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇦 Inha Babakova
86.4

Babakova leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. World champion in 1999 with a personal best of 2.05 m.

1. Inha Babakova
86.4
2. Marita Koch
86.3

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. 🇩🇪 Marita Koch5 seasons played · career day 1,82516 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇦 Inha Babakova5 seasons played · career day 3,2869.9 major golds
-38.1% vs Koch at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇦 Babakova00001.969.92
🇩🇪 Koch00251628

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.

MetricBabakovaRetiredKochRetired
World titles1
Olympic medals1
World indoor medals4
Personal best in metres2.05
Olympic appearances4
World records16
Olympic golds1
World Championship golds3
European golds8
400m best (sec)47.6
Dominance w25%8290
Peak w20%9294
Longevity w20%8870
Honours w20%8286
Statistics w15%9092

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GOAT Rank · the data
Babakova86.4
Koch86.3
The people
Babakova
Koch

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