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Riedel vs Kipyegon

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
KipyegonWinner
89.5

Kipyegon wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Riedel
88.4

Riedel wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇰🇪 Faith Kipyegon
89.5

Kipyegon leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Three straight Olympic 1500 m golds and world records at 1500 m, mile and 5000 m.

1. Faith Kipyegon
89.5
2. Lars Riedel
88.4

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. 🇰🇪 Faith Kipyegon5 seasons played · career day 3,2861,179.6 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇩🇪 Lars Riedel5 seasons played · career day 2,921338.1 major golds
-71.3% vs Kipyegon at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇩🇪 Riedel000066.2409.64
🇰🇪 Kipyegon00002391,179.59

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.

MetricRiedelRetiredKipyegonActive
Olympic golds13
World Championship golds53
European titles1
Best throw (m)71.5
Olympic medals2
World records3
1500 m world record (s)209.63
Mile world record (s)246.95
Diamond League titles5
Dominance w25%8890
Peak w20%9294
Longevity w20%8482
Honours w20%9090
Statistics w15%8892

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GOAT Rank · the data
Kipyegon89.5
Riedel88.4
The people
Riedel
Kipyegon

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