Who is better, Thugwane or Brisco-Hooks?
Josia Thugwane leads with a GOAT score of 83.5 against 83.5 for Valerie Brisco-Hooks — a gap of 0.0 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Thugwane vs Brisco-Hooks
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GOAT Rank currently scores Josia Thugwane and Valerie Brisco-Hooks level at 83.5. Josia Thugwane leads on Longevity. Valerie Brisco-Hooks leads on Honours, Dominance, Statistics.
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ThugwaneWinner
83.5Thugwane wins: Longevity
Brisco-Hooks
83.5Brisco-Hooks wins: Dominance, Honours, Statistics
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇿🇦 Josia Thugwane
83.5
Thugwane leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Josia Thugwane
2. Valerie Brisco-Hooks
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. 🇿🇦 Josia Thugwane5 seasons played · career day 1,825265 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Valerie Brisco-Hooks5 seasons played · career day 1,8254 major golds
-98.5% vs Thugwane at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇿🇦 Thugwane | 0 | 0 | 35 | 79 | 265 | 621 |
| 🇺🇸 Brisco-Hooks | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | ThugwaneRetired | Brisco-HooksRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic gold medals | 1 | 3 |
| Marathon personal best in seconds | 7,642 | — |
| National titles | 3 | — |
| Olympic marathons contested | 2 | — |
| Marathon wins | 5 | — |
| Golds at one Games | — | 3 |
| Olympic silver medals | — | 1 |
| 200 m personal best | — | 21.81 |
| 400 m personal best | — | 48.83 |
| Dominance w25% | 82 | 84 |
| Peak w20% | 94 | 94 |
| Longevity w20% | 78 | 70 |
| Honours w20% | 80 | 84 |
| Statistics w15% | 84 | 86 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Thugwane83.5
Brisco-Hooks83.5
The people
Thugwane
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Where does Brisco-Hooks beat Thugwane?
Brisco-Hooks scores higher on dominance, honours, statistics. Thugwane leads on longevity.
How is the Thugwane vs Brisco-Hooks score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Thugwane: 83.5, Brisco-Hooks: 83.5.
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