Who is better, Železný or Joyner-Kersee?
Jackie Joyner-Kersee leads with a GOAT score of 92.1 against 90.5 for Jan Železný — a gap of 1.6 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Železný vs Joyner-Kersee
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Jackie Joyner-Kersee above Jan Železný: 92.1 vs 90.5. Jackie Joyner-Kersee leads on Dominance, Peak, Honours.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
Joyner-KerseeWinner
92.1Joyner-Kersee wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics
Železný
90.5Železný wins: no category outright
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Jackie Joyner-Kersee
92.1
Joyner-Kersee leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Jackie Joyner-Kersee
2. Jan Železný
Category breakdown
Season form · Form index per season
Career timeline · Form index 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 · Form index per season1. 🇺🇸 Jackie Joyner-Kersee5 seasons played · career day 3,28735,027 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇿 Jan Železný5 seasons played · career day 2,921448.4 major golds
-98.7% vs Joyner-Kersee at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇿 Železný | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87.66 | 543.98 |
| 🇺🇸 Joyner-Kersee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35,027 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | ŽeleznýRetired | Joyner-KerseeRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic golds | 3 | 3 |
| World Championship golds | 3 | 4 |
| World records | 5 | 2 |
| Javelin world record (m) | 98.48 | — |
| Olympic medals | 4 | 6 |
| Throws over 90 m | 34 | — |
| Heptathlon world record | — | 7,291 |
| Long jump best (m) | — | 7.49 |
| Dominance w25% | 90 | 92 |
| Peak w20% | 93 | 95 |
| Longevity w20% | 88 | 88 |
| Honours w20% | 90 | 92 |
| Statistics w15% | 92 | 94 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Joyner-Kersee92.1
Železný90.5
The people
Železný
Joyner-Kersee
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Where does Železný beat Joyner-Kersee?
Železný does not lead any of the five categories; Joyner-Kersee is ahead or level on all of them.
How is the Železný vs Joyner-Kersee score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Železný: 90.5, Joyner-Kersee: 92.1.
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