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Wolde vs Behrendt

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BehrendtWinner
80.9

Behrendt wins: Honours, Statistics

Wolde
80.8

Wolde wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇩🇪 Kerstin Behrendt
80.9

Behrendt leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic relay medallist and European sprint relay champion for East Germany.

1. Kerstin Behrendt
80.9
2. Mamo Wolde
80.8

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. 🇩🇪 Kerstin Behrendt5 seasons played · career day 1,825363 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇪🇹 Mamo Wolde5 seasons played · career day 1,826302 major golds
-16.8% vs Behrendt at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇪🇹 Wolde0052108232608
🇩🇪 Behrendt0050114363469

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.

MetricWoldeRetiredBehrendtRetired
Olympic gold medals1
Olympic medals31
Olympic Games contested4
Ethiopian marathon titles3
Olympic 10,000 m silver1
European titles1
World Championship medals1
National titles2
Relay finals4
Dominance w25%7878
Peak w20%8888
Longevity w20%8272
Honours w20%7884
Statistics w15%7884

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GOAT Rank · the data
Behrendt80.9
Wolde80.8
The people
Wolde
Behrendt

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