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Beard vs Stecher

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BeardWinner
83.6

Beard wins: Longevity, Statistics

Stecher
83.6

Stecher wins: Dominance, Peak

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Jessica Beard
83.6

Beard leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. World Championship relay gold medallist for the United States.

1. Jessica Beard
83.6
2. Renate Stecher
83.6

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.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Major golds per season
1. 🇩🇪 Renate Stecher5 seasons played · career day 1,825392 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Jessica Beard5 seasons played · career day 1,825317 major golds
-19.1% vs Stecher at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Beard0052110317660
🇩🇪 Stecher0062132392742

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.

MetricBeardRetiredStecherRetired
World Championship gold medals2
World relay titles1
NCAA titles4
Personal best (s)50.21
World Championship appearances3
Olympic gold medals3
Olympic medals6
European Championship golds3
World records set4
Olympic Games contested2
Dominance w25%7884
Peak w20%8892
Longevity w20%8474
Honours w20%8484
Statistics w15%8684

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GOAT Rank · the data
Beard83.6
Stecher83.6
The people
Beard
Stecher

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