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Gidey vs Kratochvílová

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KratochvílováWinner
88.7

Kratochvílová wins: Dominance, Longevity

Gidey
87.0

Gidey wins: no category outright

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇿 Jarmila Kratochvílová
88.7

Kratochvílová leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. Holds the longest-standing world record in athletics: 1:53.28 for 800m.

1. Jarmila Kratochvílová
88.7
2. Letesenbet Gidey
87.0

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 season
1. 🇨🇿 Jarmila Kratochvílová5 seasons played · career day 3,286247.9 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇪🇹 Letesenbet Gidey5 seasons played · career day 1,8259 major golds
-96.4% vs Kratochvílová at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇪🇹 Gidey0012919
🇨🇿 Kratochvílová000051247.85

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.

MetricGideyActiveKratochvílováRetired
World records32
World Championship golds12
Olympic medals11
World cross country titles2
10,000 m world record in minutes29.01
800m best (sec)113.28
400m best (sec)47.99
Dominance w25%8890
Peak w20%9696
Longevity w20%7480
Honours w20%8686
Statistics w15%9292

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GOAT Rank · the data
Kratochvílová88.7
Gidey87.0
The people
Gidey
Kratochvílová

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