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Black vs Phillips

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BlackWinner
85.4

Black wins: Peak, Statistics

Phillips
85.2

Phillips wins: Dominance

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Roger Black
85.4

Black leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic 400 metres silver medallist and a world relay champion.

1. Roger Black
85.4
2. Dwight Phillips
85.2

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.

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Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Major golds per season
1. 🇺🇸 Dwight Phillips5 seasons played · career day 1,826412 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Roger Black5 seasons played · career day 1,825256 major golds
-37.9% vs Phillips at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Black004086256562
🇺🇸 Phillips0064138316734

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.

MetricBlackRetiredPhillipsRetired
World Championship titles2
Olympic silver medals2
European Championship titles3
Personal best in seconds4,437
World Championship medals55
Olympic gold medals1
World Championship golds4
World Indoor golds2
Personal best long jump8.74
Dominance w25%8284
Peak w20%9290
Longevity w20%8282
Honours w20%8686
Statistics w15%8684

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GOAT Rank · the data
Black85.4
Phillips85.2
The people
Black
Phillips

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