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Carlos vs Hunter Bell

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CarlosWinner
77.5

Carlos wins: Dominance

Hunter Bell
77.3

Hunter Bell wins: Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 John Carlos
77.5

Carlos leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic 200 m bronze medallist in 1968 and a world-best sprinter of his era.

1. John Carlos
77.5
2. Georgia Hunter Bell
77.3

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. 🇺🇸 John Carlos5 seasons played · career day 1,8259 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Georgia Hunter Bell5 seasons played · career day 2,9218 major golds
-11.1% vs Carlos at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Carlos0013911
🇬🇧 Hunter Bell0000114

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.

MetricCarlosRetiredHunter BellActive
Olympic bronze medals1
AAU titles2
Pan American golds1
200 m personal best19.92
World bests1
Olympic medals1
World Championship medals1
1500 m personal best235.34
800 m personal best115.66
European medals1
Dominance w25%8072
Peak w20%8890
Longevity w20%6466
Honours w20%7476
Statistics w15%8286

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GOAT Rank · the data
Carlos77.5
Hunter Bell77.3
The people
Carlos
Hunter Bell

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