Who is better, Johnson-Thompson or Bada?
Katarina Johnson-Thompson leads with a GOAT score of 82.8 against 82.7 for Sunday Bada — a gap of 0.1 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Johnson-Thompson vs Bada
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Katarina Johnson-Thompson above Sunday Bada: 82.8 vs 82.7. Katarina Johnson-Thompson leads on Dominance, Honours. Sunday Bada leads on Statistics, Longevity.
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Johnson-ThompsonWinner
82.8Johnson-Thompson wins: Dominance, Honours
Bada
82.7Bada wins: Longevity, Statistics
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Katarina Johnson-Thompson
82.8
Johnson-Thompson leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Katarina Johnson-Thompson
2. Sunday Bada
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. 🇬🇧 Katarina Johnson-Thompson5 seasons played · career day 1,825354 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇳🇬 Sunday Bada5 seasons played · career day 2,555225 major golds
-36.4% vs Johnson-Thompson at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Johnson-Thompson | 0 | 0 | 58 | 124 | 354 | 704 |
| 🇳🇬 Bada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135.03 | 314.83 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | Johnson-ThompsonActive | BadaRetired |
|---|---|---|
| World Championship golds | 2 | — |
| World Indoor golds | 1 | — |
| Commonwealth Games golds | 2 | — |
| European Indoor golds | 1 | — |
| British record points | 6,981 | — |
| Olympic golds | — | 1 |
| World Championship medals | — | 2 |
| All-Africa Games titles | — | 2 |
| 400 m personal best | — | 44.63 |
| Olympic appearances | — | 4 |
| Dominance w25% | 80 | 76 |
| Peak w20% | 90 | 90 |
| Longevity w20% | 82 | 84 |
| Honours w20% | 82 | 80 |
| Statistics w15% | 80 | 86 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Johnson-Thompson82.8
Bada82.7
The people
Johnson-Thompson
Bada
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Where does Bada beat Johnson-Thompson?
Bada scores higher on statistics, longevity. Johnson-Thompson leads on dominance, honours.
How is the Johnson-Thompson vs Bada score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Johnson-Thompson: 82.8, Bada: 82.7.
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