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Ewry vs Devers

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
EwryWinner
88.9

Ewry wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Devers
85.5

Devers wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Ray Ewry
88.9

Ewry leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Won eight Olympic gold medals in the standing jumps, never beaten at the Games.

1. Ray Ewry
88.9
2. Gail Devers
85.5

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. 🇺🇸 Gail Devers5 seasons played · career day 3,28662.8 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Ray Ewry5 seasons played · career day 1,8258 major golds
-87.3% vs Devers at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Ewry0033810
🇺🇸 Devers000012.4862.78

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.

MetricEwryRetiredDeversRetired
Olympic gold medals8
Olympic Games contested3
Individual Olympic finals won8
World bests3
US national titles15
Olympic golds3
World Championship golds5
100 m personal best10.82
100 m hurdles best (s)12.33
World indoor golds4
US titles12
Dominance w25%9482
Peak w20%9688
Longevity w20%7288
Honours w20%9086
Statistics w15%9284

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GOAT Rank · the data
Ewry88.9
Devers85.5
The people
Ewry
Devers

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