Who is better, Taylor or Flowers?
Tiger Flowers leads with a GOAT score of 82.9 against 82.8 for Meldrick Taylor — a gap of 0.1 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Taylor vs Flowers
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Tiger Flowers above Meldrick Taylor: 82.9 vs 82.8. Tiger Flowers leads on Dominance, Statistics. Meldrick Taylor leads on Longevity.
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FlowersWinner
82.9Flowers wins: Dominance, Statistics
Taylor
82.8Taylor wins: Longevity
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Tiger Flowers
82.9
Flowers leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Tiger Flowers
2. Meldrick Taylor
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
Career stage · GOAT pace
Through year 5 · Form index per season1. 🇺🇸 Tiger Flowers5 years played · career day 1,825280 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Meldrick Taylor5 years played · career day 1,82623 title wins
-91.8% vs Flowers at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Taylor | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 32 |
| 🇺🇸 Flowers | 0 | 0 | 40 | 88 | 280 | 607 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 year periods are measured against the same career window.
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GOAT Rank · the data
Flowers82.9
Taylor82.8
FAQ
Where does Taylor beat Flowers?
Taylor scores higher on longevity. Flowers leads on dominance, statistics.
How is the Taylor vs Flowers score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Taylor: 82.8, Flowers: 82.9.
What do you think?
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