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Bergqvist vs Coe

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CoeWinner
87.5

Coe wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Bergqvist
85.8

Bergqvist wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Sebastian Coe
87.5

Coe leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Back-to-back Olympic 1500 m golds and three world records in 41 days.

1. Sebastian Coe
87.5
2. Kajsa Bergqvist
85.8

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. 🇬🇧 Sebastian Coe5 seasons played · career day 3,286512.3 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇸🇪 Kajsa Bergqvist5 seasons played · career day 2,5569.9 major golds
-98.1% vs Coe at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇸🇪 Bergqvist00005.8813.88
🇬🇧 Coe0000101.73512.26

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.

MetricBergqvistRetiredCoeRetired
World Championship golds1
Olympic medals14
World indoor titles2
Indoor world record2.08
Outdoor personal best2.06
Olympic golds2
World records12
800 m best (s)101.73
1500 m best (s)212.18
European golds2
Dominance w25%8488
Peak w20%9294
Longevity w20%8078
Honours w20%8688
Statistics w15%8890

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GOAT Rank · the data
Coe87.5
Bergqvist85.8
The people
Bergqvist
Coe

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