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Belote vs Campbell

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BeloteWinner
84.2

Belote wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Campbell
84.1

Campbell wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Melissa Belote
84.2

Belote leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Won three Olympic golds as a teenager at the 1972 Munich Games.

1. Melissa Belote
84.2
2. Bronte Campbell
84.1

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 season 5 · Form index per season
1. 🇺🇸 Melissa Belote5 seasons played · career day 1,825393 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Bronte Campbell5 seasons played · career day 2,19120 major golds
-94.9% vs Belote at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Belote0055154393453
🇦🇺 Campbell00031332

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.

MetricBeloteRetiredCampbellActive
Olympic gold medals3
World records set3
US titles6
Olympic Games contested13
Age at Olympic triumph15
Olympic golds3
World Championship golds5
Commonwealth golds6
100m personal best52.27
Dominance w25%8680
Peak w20%9690
Longevity w20%6480
Honours w20%8686
Statistics w15%9086

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GOAT Rank · the data
Belote84.2
Campbell84.1
The people
Belote
Campbell

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