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Ashwood vs Baker

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AshwoodWinner
80.0

Ashwood wins: Longevity

Baker
79.9

Baker wins: Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Jessica Ashwood
80.0

Ashwood leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Commonwealth Games champion and an Olympic finalist over 800 metres.

1. Jessica Ashwood
80.0
2. Kathleen Baker
79.9

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 season
1. 🇦🇺 Jessica Ashwood5 seasons played · career day 1,825336 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Kathleen Baker5 seasons played · career day 2,19032 major golds
-90.5% vs Ashwood at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Ashwood0050109336558
🇺🇸 Baker00032542

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.

MetricAshwoodRetiredBakerRetired
Commonwealth titles1
World Championship medals1
Australian titles5
Olympic finals2
Pan Pacific medals2
Olympic golds1
Olympic medals2
World records1
World Championship golds2
NCAA titles4
Dominance w25%7676
Peak w20%8892
Longevity w20%7468
Honours w20%8080
Statistics w15%8486

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Ashwood80.0
Baker79.9
The people
Ashwood
Baker

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