Who is better, Pérec or Warholm?
Marie-José Pérec leads with a GOAT score of 84.7 against 84.7 for Karsten Warholm — a gap of 0.0 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Pérec vs Warholm
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently scores Marie-José Pérec and Karsten Warholm level at 84.7. Marie-José Pérec leads on Honours, Statistics. Karsten Warholm leads on Dominance, Peak.
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PérecWinner
84.7Pérec wins: Honours, Statistics
Warholm
84.7Warholm wins: Dominance, Peak
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇫🇷 Marie-José Pérec
84.7
Pérec leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Marie-José Pérec
2. Karsten Warholm
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
Through age 21 · Form index per season
1. 🇳🇴 Karsten Warholm72 major golds
1 season by age 21 · 72 per season
Setting the pace at age 21
No verified birth date for Pérec — shown in the pro-debut view instead.
Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 21, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.
| Metric | PérecRetired | WarholmActive |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic golds | 3 | 1 |
| World Championship golds | 2 | — |
| 400m best (sec) | 48.25 | — |
| 200m best (sec) | 21.99 | — |
| Olympic doubles | 1 | — |
| World golds | — | 3 |
| World records | — | 2 |
| 400mH best (s) | — | 45.94 |
| Diamond League titles | — | 4 |
| European titles | — | 3 |
| Dominance w25% | 86 | 88 |
| Peak w20% | 94 | 95 |
| Longevity w20% | 70 | 70 |
| Honours w20% | 86 | 84 |
| Statistics w15% | 88 | 86 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Pérec84.7
Warholm84.7
FAQ
Where does Warholm beat Pérec?
Warholm scores higher on peak, dominance. Pérec leads on honours, statistics.
How is the Pérec vs Warholm score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Pérec: 84.7, Warholm: 84.7.
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