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Snell vs Ingebrigtsen

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
SnellWinner
84.5

Snell wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours

Ingebrigtsen
81.9

Ingebrigtsen wins: no category outright

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇳🇿 Peter Snell
84.5

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

1. Peter Snell
84.5
2. Jakob Ingebrigtsen
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. 🇳🇴 Jakob Ingebrigtsen5 seasons played · career day 2,1909 major golds
-71.9% vs Snell at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇳🇿 Snell00032350
🇳🇴 Ingebrigtsen0002717

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.

MetricSnellRetiredIngebrigtsenActive
Olympic golds32
World records63
Commonwealth golds2
800m best (sec)104.3
Mile best (sec)234.1
World Championship golds2
European golds8
1500m best (sec)205.63
Dominance w25%9086
Peak w20%9492
Longevity w20%6260
Honours w20%8884
Statistics w15%8888

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GOAT Rank · the data
Snell84.5
Ingebrigtsen81.9
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Ingebrigtsen

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