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Baďurová vs Wanjiru

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
WanjiruWinner
80.3

Wanjiru wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Baďurová
78.6

Baďurová wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇰🇪 Sammy Wanjiru
80.3

Wanjiru leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic marathon champion in Beijing 2008 in a Games record 2:06:32.

1. Sammy Wanjiru
80.3
2. Kateřina Baďurová
78.6

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.

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Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Major golds per season
1. 🇰🇪 Sammy Wanjiru5 seasons played · career day 1,825438 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇿 Kateřina Baďurová5 seasons played · career day 2,55622 major golds
-95.0% vs Wanjiru at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇨🇿 Baďurová00008.531.3
🇰🇪 Wanjiru0076160438524

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.

MetricBaďurováRetiredWanjiruRetired
World Championship medals1
Pole vault best4.75
National titles5
Olympic Games2
National records1
Olympic gold medals1
World Marathon Majors wins3
Olympic record marathon2.063
Half marathon world records3
London Marathon wins1
Dominance w25%7282
Peak w20%8894
Longevity w20%7662
Honours w20%7680
Statistics w15%8484

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GOAT Rank · the data
Wanjiru80.3
Baďurová78.6
The people
Baďurová
Wanjiru

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