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Ewry vs Pedroso

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EwryWinner
88.9

Ewry wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Pedroso
88.8

Pedroso 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. Iván Pedroso
88.8

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. 🇨🇺 Iván Pedroso5 seasons played · career day 1,8259 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Ray Ewry5 seasons played · career day 1,8258 major golds
-11.1% vs Pedroso at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Ewry0033810
🇨🇺 Pedroso0013919

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.

MetricEwryRetiredPedrosoRetired
Olympic gold medals81
Olympic Games contested3
Individual Olympic finals won8
World bests3
US national titles15
World Championship golds4
World indoor titles4
Best jump in metres8.71
Pan American golds2
Dominance w25%9488
Peak w20%9692
Longevity w20%7286
Honours w20%9090
Statistics w15%9288

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GOAT Rank · the data
Ewry88.9
Pedroso88.8
The people
Ewry
Pedroso

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