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Ender vs Salnikov

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EnderWinner
87.2

Ender wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Salnikov
87.1

Salnikov wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇩🇪 Kornelia Ender
87.2

Ender leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Won four golds in a single Montreal 1976 session programme, each in world record time.

1. Kornelia Ender
87.2
2. Vladimir Salnikov
87.1

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 season
1. 🇩🇪 Kornelia Ender5 seasons played · career day 1,825403 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇷🇺 Vladimir Salnikov5 seasons played · career day 2,19114 major golds
-96.5% vs Ender at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇩🇪 Ender0055127403612
🇷🇺 Salnikov0001821

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.

MetricEnderRetiredSalnikovRetired
Olympic gold medals4
Olympic medals8
World Championship golds8
Individual world records23
Olympic Games contested2
Olympic golds4
World records12
World titles4
European titles5
1500m best (min)14.9
Dominance w25%9088
Peak w20%9592
Longevity w20%7080
Honours w20%9186
Statistics w15%9090

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GOAT Rank · the data
Ender87.2
Salnikov87.1
The people
Ender
Salnikov

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