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Johnson-Thompson vs Šebrle

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
Johnson-ThompsonWinner
82.8

Johnson-Thompson wins: Peak, Longevity

Šebrle
82.2

Šebrle wins: Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Katarina Johnson-Thompson
82.8

Johnson-Thompson leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. World heptathlon champion in 2019 and again in 2023 with a British record of 6981.

1. Katarina Johnson-Thompson
82.8
2. Roman Šebrle
82.2

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. 🇨🇿 Roman Šebrle5 seasons played · career day 2,55642,600 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Katarina Johnson-Thompson5 seasons played · career day 1,825354 major golds
-99.2% vs Šebrle at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Johnson-Thompson0058124354704
🇨🇿 Šebrle000025,10060,426

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.

MetricJohnson-ThompsonActiveŠebrleRetired
World Championship golds2
World Indoor golds1
Commonwealth Games golds2
European Indoor golds1
British record points6,981
Olympic golds1
World titles1
European titles3
Personal best (points)9,026
Olympic medals2
Dominance w25%8080
Peak w20%9086
Longevity w20%8280
Honours w20%8282
Statistics w15%8084

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GOAT Rank · the data
Johnson-Thompson82.8
Šebrle82.2
The people
Johnson-Thompson
Šebrle

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