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Snell vs Vlašić

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SnellWinner
84.5

Snell wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Vlašić
81.9

Vlašić wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇳🇿 Peter Snell
84.5

Snell leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Three Olympic golds and world records at 800m, 880 yards and the mile.

1. Peter Snell
84.5
2. Blanka Vlašić
81.9

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. 🇳🇿 Peter Snell5 seasons played · career day 2,19032 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇭🇷 Blanka Vlašić5 seasons played · career day 3,65110 major golds
-68.7% vs Snell at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇳🇿 Snell00032350
🇭🇷 Vlašić000007.88

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.

MetricSnellRetiredVlašićRetired
Olympic golds3
World records6
Commonwealth golds2
800m best (sec)104.3
Mile best (sec)234.1
World titles2
Olympic medals2
Personal best (m)2.08
Indoor world titles1
Diamond League titles3
Dominance w25%9082
Peak w20%9488
Longevity w20%6276
Honours w20%8880
Statistics w15%8884

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GOAT Rank · the data
Snell84.5
Vlašić81.9
The people
Snell
Vlašić

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