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Korzeniowski vs Drechsler

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
KorzeniowskiWinner
89.7

Korzeniowski wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Drechsler
87.2

Drechsler wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇵🇱 Robert Korzeniowski
89.7

Korzeniowski leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Four Olympic golds in race walking, including a 20km-50km double.

1. Robert Korzeniowski
89.7
2. Heike Drechsler
87.2

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. 🇩🇪 Heike Drechsler5 seasons played · career day 2,92136.9 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇵🇱 Robert Korzeniowski5 seasons played · career day 3,28726 major golds
-29.5% vs Drechsler at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇵🇱 Korzeniowski0000026
🇩🇪 Drechsler00007.1444.39

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.

MetricKorzeniowskiRetiredDrechslerRetired
Olympic golds42
World Championship golds3
European titles24
50km best (min)220.71
Olympic Games contested4
World titles2
Olympic medals5
Personal best (m)7.48
Dominance w25%9086
Peak w20%9488
Longevity w20%8490
Honours w20%9286
Statistics w15%8886

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GOAT Rank · the data
Korzeniowski89.7
Drechsler87.2
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Korzeniowski
Drechsler

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