Who is better, Sotomayor or Kostadinova?
Javier Sotomayor leads with a GOAT score of 89.9 against 89.9 for Stefka Kostadinova — a gap of 0.0 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Sotomayor vs Kostadinova
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently scores Javier Sotomayor and Stefka Kostadinova level at 89.9.
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SotomayorWinner
89.9Sotomayor wins: no category outright
Kostadinova
89.9Kostadinova wins: no category outright
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇺 Javier Sotomayor
89.9
Sotomayor leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Javier Sotomayor
2. Stefka Kostadinova
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. 🇨🇺 Javier Sotomayor5 seasons played · career day 3,28712.2 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇧🇬 Stefka Kostadinova5 seasons played · career day 2,55610.2 major golds
-16.4% vs Sotomayor at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇺 Sotomayor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.17 |
| 🇧🇬 Kostadinova | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.11 | 14.27 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | SotomayorRetired | KostadinovaRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic golds | 1 | 1 |
| World Championship golds | 2 | 2 |
| High jump world record (m) | 2.45 | — |
| World indoor golds | 4 | — |
| Jumps over 2.40 m | 21 | — |
| Pan American golds | 4 | — |
| World records | — | 1 |
| World Indoor golds | — | 5 |
| Best jump (m) | — | 2.09 |
| Dominance w25% | 90 | 90 |
| Peak w20% | 94 | 94 |
| Longevity w20% | 86 | 86 |
| Honours w20% | 88 | 88 |
| Statistics w15% | 92 | 92 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Sotomayor89.9
Kostadinova89.9
The people
Sotomayor
Kostadinova
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Where does Kostadinova beat Sotomayor?
Kostadinova does not lead any of the five categories; Sotomayor is ahead or level on all of them.
How is the Sotomayor vs Kostadinova score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Sotomayor: 89.9, Kostadinova: 89.9.
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