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Bagyula vs Fosbury

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FosburyWinner
75.5

Fosbury wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Bagyula
74.9

Bagyula wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Dick Fosbury
75.5

Fosbury leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Invented the Fosbury Flop and won Olympic gold with it in 1968.

1. Dick Fosbury
75.5
2. István Bagyula
74.9

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. 🇭🇺 István Bagyula5 seasons played · career day 1,825376 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Dick Fosbury5 seasons played · career day 2,55610.6 major golds
-97.2% vs Bagyula at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇭🇺 Bagyula0052116376688
🇺🇸 Fosbury00006.1914.79

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.

MetricBagyulaRetiredFosburyRetired
World Championship medals1
Personal best (m)5.9
NCAA titles21
Olympic Games contested3
Hungarian national titles6
Olympic golds1
Olympic records1
Best jump (m)2.24
Technique named after him1
Dominance w25%6878
Peak w20%8492
Longevity w20%7854
Honours w20%7274
Statistics w15%7480

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GOAT Rank · the data
Fosbury75.5
Bagyula74.9
The people
Bagyula
Fosbury

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