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Defar vs Tulu
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DefarWinner
88.3Defar wins: Dominance, Statistics
Tulu
88.3Tulu wins: Longevity
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇪🇹 Meseret Defar
88.3
Defar leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Meseret Defar
2. Derartu Tulu
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 season1. 🇪🇹 Meseret Defar5 seasons played · career day 2,92171.5 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇪🇹 Derartu Tulu5 seasons played · career day 2,55521 major golds
-70.6% vs Defar at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇪🇹 Defar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.73 | 85.75 |
| 🇪🇹 Tulu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 31 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Defar88.3
Tulu88.3
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