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Gidey vs Christie

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ChristieWinner
87.1

Christie wins: Longevity, Honours

Gidey
87.0

Gidey wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Linford Christie
87.1

Christie leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic, world, European and Commonwealth 100 m champion, the only man to hold all four.

1. Linford Christie
87.1
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. 🇪🇹 Letesenbet Gidey5 seasons played · career day 1,8259 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Linford Christie5 seasons played · career day 1,8259 major golds
0.0% vs Gidey at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇪🇹 Gidey0012919
🇬🇧 Christie0023919

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.

MetricGideyActiveChristieRetired
World records3
World Championship golds11
Olympic medals1
World cross country titles2
10,000 m world record in minutes29.01
Olympic gold medals1
European titles4
Commonwealth golds2
100 m personal best9.87
Dominance w25%8886
Peak w20%9692
Longevity w20%7482
Honours w20%8688
Statistics w15%9288

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GOAT Rank · the data
Christie87.1
Gidey87.0
The people
Gidey
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