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Baptiste vs Andersson

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AnderssonWinner
82.3

Andersson wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Baptiste
80.5

Baptiste wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇸🇪 Arne Andersson
82.3

Andersson leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Hägg's great rival, holder of the mile world record and a serial sub-4:02 miler.

1. Arne Andersson
82.3
2. Kelly-Ann Baptiste
80.5

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. 🇹🇹 Kelly-Ann Baptiste5 seasons played · career day 2,19055 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇸🇪 Arne Andersson5 seasons played · career day 1,82511 major golds
-80.0% vs Baptiste at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇹🇹 Baptiste00011.1244.1287.67
🇸🇪 Andersson00141113

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.

MetricBaptisteRetiredAnderssonRetired
World Championship medals2
100 m best10.83
National records1
NCAA titles2
Olympic Games3
World records6
Mile world record4.01
Swedish titles6
Sub-4:02 miles5
1500 m best3.44
Dominance w25%7486
Peak w20%8692
Longevity w20%8268
Honours w20%7678
Statistics w15%8888

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GOAT Rank · the data
Andersson82.3
Baptiste80.5
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