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Beckford vs Komen

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BeckfordWinner
85.4

Beckford wins: Longevity, Statistics

Komen
85.0

Komen wins: Dominance, Peak

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇯🇲 James Beckford
85.4

Beckford leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic long jump silver medallist in 1996 and holder of the Jamaican record.

1. James Beckford
85.4
2. Daniel Komen
85.0

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.

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Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Major golds per season
1. 🇯🇲 James Beckford5 seasons played · career day 2,19041.7 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇰🇪 Daniel Komen5 seasons played · career day 1,82512 major golds
-71.2% vs Beckford at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇯🇲 Beckford0008.0533.3766.57
🇰🇪 Komen00131217

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.

MetricBeckfordRetiredKomenRetired
Olympic medals1
World Championship medals1
World indoor golds1
Long jump best8.62
National records1
World Championship golds1
World indoor titles1
World records4
3000 m world record7.2
Two miles world record7.58
Dominance w25%8086
Peak w20%9296
Longevity w20%8472
Honours w20%8282
Statistics w15%9290

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GOAT Rank · the data
Beckford85.4
Komen85.0
The people
Beckford
Komen

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