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Akinosun vs Carlos

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AkinosunWinner
77.7

Akinosun wins: Longevity, Honours, Statistics

Carlos
77.5

Carlos wins: Dominance, Peak

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Morolake Akinosun
77.7

Akinosun leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic relay gold medallist in Rio in 2016.

1. Morolake Akinosun
77.7
2. John Carlos
77.5

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. 🇺🇸 Morolake Akinosun5 seasons played · career day 2,19055.5 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 John Carlos5 seasons played · career day 1,8259 major golds
-83.8% vs Akinosun at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Akinosun00011.2544.3589.21
🇺🇸 Carlos0013911

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.

MetricAkinosunActiveCarlosRetired
Olympic golds1
World Championship relay medals1
NCAA titles2
100 m best10.95
200 m best22.42
Olympic bronze medals1
AAU titles2
Pan American golds1
200 m personal best19.92
World bests1
Dominance w25%7080
Peak w20%8688
Longevity w20%7464
Honours w20%7874
Statistics w15%8482

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GOAT Rank · the data
Akinosun77.7
Carlos77.5
The people
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Carlos

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