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Kipchoge vs Tergat
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KipchogeWinner
92.0Kipchoge wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics
Tergat
88.4Tergat wins: no category outright
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇰🇪 Eliud Kipchoge
92.0
Kipchoge leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Eliud Kipchoge
2. Paul Tergat
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 season1. 🇰🇪 Eliud Kipchoge5 seasons played · career day 5,84337,314 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇰🇪 Paul Tergat5 seasons played · career day 1,826410 major golds
-98.9% vs Kipchoge at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇰🇪 Kipchoge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 🇰🇪 Tergat | 0 | 0 | 60 | 134 | 314 | 768 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | KipchogeActive | TergatRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic golds | 2 | — |
| Major marathon wins | 11 | 2 |
| Marathon world record (s) | 7,299 | — |
| Sub-2 hour exhibitions | 1 | — |
| World Championship golds | 1 | — |
| Berlin Marathon wins | 5 | — |
| World Cross Country golds | — | 5 |
| Olympic silver medals | — | 2 |
| World record marathon | — | 2.046 |
| World Half Marathon titles | — | 2 |
| Dominance w25% | 92 | 88 |
| Peak w20% | 94 | 92 |
| Longevity w20% | 90 | 88 |
| Honours w20% | 91 | 86 |
| Statistics w15% | 93 | 88 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Kipchoge92.0
Tergat88.4
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