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Joyner-Kersee vs Železný
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Joyner-KerseeWinner
92.1Joyner-Kersee wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics
Železný
90.5Železný wins: no category outright
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Jackie Joyner-Kersee
92.1
Joyner-Kersee leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Jackie Joyner-Kersee
2. Jan Železný
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 season1. 🇺🇸 Jackie Joyner-Kersee5 seasons played · career day 3,28735,027 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇿 Jan Železný5 seasons played · career day 2,921448.4 major golds
-98.7% vs Joyner-Kersee at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Joyner-Kersee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35,027 |
| 🇨🇿 Železný | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87.66 | 543.98 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | Joyner-KerseeRetired | ŽeleznýRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic golds | 3 | 3 |
| Olympic medals | 6 | 4 |
| World Championship golds | 4 | 3 |
| Heptathlon world record | 7,291 | — |
| Long jump best (m) | 7.49 | — |
| World records | 2 | 5 |
| Javelin world record (m) | — | 98.48 |
| Throws over 90 m | — | 34 |
| Dominance w25% | 92 | 90 |
| Peak w20% | 95 | 93 |
| Longevity w20% | 88 | 88 |
| Honours w20% | 92 | 90 |
| Statistics w15% | 94 | 92 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Joyner-Kersee92.1
Železný90.5
The people
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