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Babakova vs Thiam

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BabakovaWinner
86.4

Babakova wins: Peak, Longevity, Statistics

Thiam
86.3

Thiam wins: Dominance, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇦 Inha Babakova
86.4

Babakova leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. World champion in 1999 with a personal best of 2.05 m.

1. Inha Babakova
86.4
2. Nafissatou Thiam
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. 🇧🇪 Nafissatou Thiam5 seasons played · career day 3,28633,966 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇦 Inha Babakova5 seasons played · career day 3,2869.9 major golds
-100.0% vs Thiam at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇦 Babakova00001.969.92
🇧🇪 Thiam00006,50833,966

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.

MetricBabakovaRetiredThiamActive
World titles1
Olympic medals1
World indoor medals4
Personal best in metres2.05
Olympic appearances4
Olympic golds3
World Championship golds2
European golds2
Heptathlon best7,013
World indoor golds2
High jump best (m)2.02
Dominance w25%8286
Peak w20%9290
Longevity w20%8880
Honours w20%8288
Statistics w15%9088

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GOAT Rank · the data
Babakova86.4
Thiam86.3
The people
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Thiam

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