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Baala vs Powell

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PowellWinner
84.3

Powell wins: Dominance, Longevity

Baala
84.2

Baala wins: Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇯🇲 Asafa Powell
84.3

Powell leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Two 100m world records and a record 97 sub-10-second races.

1. Asafa Powell
84.3
2. Mehdi Baala
84.2

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. 🇫🇷 Mehdi Baala5 seasons played · career day 2,5551,055.6 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇯🇲 Asafa Powell5 seasons played · career day 2,92148.9 major golds
-95.4% vs Baala at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇫🇷 Baala0000637.51,474.05
🇯🇲 Powell000019.6458.69

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.

MetricBaalaRetiredPowellRetired
European titles1
World Championship medals15
1500 m best208.25
Olympic finals2
National titles6
World records2
Olympic golds1
Sub-10-second races97
100m best (sec)9.72
Dominance w25%7880
Peak w20%9088
Longevity w20%8488
Honours w20%8278
Statistics w15%9090

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GOAT Rank · the data
Powell84.3
Baala84.2
The people
Baala
Powell

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