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Schoeman vs Gyurta

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SchoemanWinner
83.5

Schoeman wins: Longevity

Gyurta
83.5

Gyurta wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇿🇦 Roland Schoeman
83.5

Schoeman leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic relay champion in 2004 and a long-serving world-class sprinter.

1. Roland Schoeman
83.5
2. Dániel Gyurta
83.5

Category breakdown

Season form · Form index per season

Career timeline · Form index 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 · Form index per season
1. 🇿🇦 Roland Schoeman5 seasons played · career day 1,8268 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇭🇺 Dániel Gyurta5 seasons played · career day 1,8264 major golds
-50.0% vs Schoeman at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇿🇦 Schoeman0001414
🇭🇺 Gyurta0011313

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.

MetricSchoemanRetiredGyurtaRetired
Olympic gold medals11
Olympic medals3
World Championship golds32
World records31
Olympic Games contested5
Olympic silver medals1
European Championship golds4
Dominance w25%8082
Peak w20%8890
Longevity w20%8880
Honours w20%8082
Statistics w15%8284

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GOAT Rank · the data
Schoeman83.5
Gyurta83.5
The people
Schoeman
Gyurta

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