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Lavillenie vs Mota

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MotaWinner
88.4

Mota wins: Dominance, Honours

Lavillenie
87.0

Lavillenie wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇵🇹 Rosa Mota
88.4

Mota leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic marathon champion in 1988 with three European titles.

1. Rosa Mota
88.4
2. Renaud Lavillenie
87.0

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. 🇫🇷 Renaud Lavillenie5 seasons played · career day 3,28629.7 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇵🇹 Rosa Mota5 seasons played · career day 4,38211 major golds
-63.0% vs Lavillenie at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇫🇷 Lavillenie00005.8629.69
🇵🇹 Mota000003

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.

MetricLavillenieActiveMotaRetired
Olympic golds11
World indoor titles3
European titles4
Best vault (m)6.16
Diamond League titles8
World Championship golds1
European golds3
Marathon wins14
Marathon best (min)143.44
Dominance w25%8488
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%8684
Honours w20%8690
Statistics w15%8888

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GOAT Rank · the data
Mota88.4
Lavillenie87.0
The people
Lavillenie
Mota

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