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Bartels vs Moses

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MosesWinner
91.3

Moses wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics

Bartels
81.9

Bartels wins: no category outright

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Edwin Moses
91.3

Moses leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. 122 consecutive wins in the 400 m hurdles over nine years and nine months.

1. Edwin Moses
91.3
2. Ralf Bartels
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. 🇩🇪 Ralf Bartels5 seasons played · career day 1,825278 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Edwin Moses5 seasons played · career day 1,826237.2 major golds
-14.7% vs Bartels at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇩🇪 Bartels004595278597
🇺🇸 Moses0047.6395.08190.06426.47

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.

MetricBartelsRetiredMosesRetired
World Championship medals1
European Championship medals2
German titles5
Personal best in centimetres2,140
Olympic finals2
Olympic golds2
World Championship golds2
Win streak122
World records4
400 m hurdles best (s)47.02
Sub-48 races27
Dominance w25%7694
Peak w20%8894
Longevity w20%8486
Honours w20%7890
Statistics w15%8692

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GOAT Rank · the data
Moses91.3
Bartels81.9
The people
Bartels
Moses

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