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Crouser vs Kristiansen

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CrouserWinner
88.7

Crouser wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Kristiansen
87.8

Kristiansen wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Ryan Crouser
88.7

Crouser leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Three Olympic shot put golds and the 23.56 m world record.

1. Ryan Crouser
88.7
2. Ingrid Kristiansen
87.8

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. 🇺🇸 Ryan Crouser5 seasons played · career day 2,921113.6 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇳🇴 Ingrid Kristiansen5 seasons played · career day 3,28620 major golds
-82.4% vs Crouser at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Crouser000045.17136.93
🇳🇴 Kristiansen0000220

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.

MetricCrouserActiveKristiansenRetired
Olympic golds3
World Championship golds21
Shot put world record (m)23.56
World indoor records1
Throws over 23 m20
Diamond League titles4
World records4
London Marathon wins2
Boston Marathon wins1
World cross country titles1
Dominance w25%9088
Peak w20%9492
Longevity w20%8084
Honours w20%8884
Statistics w15%9292

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GOAT Rank · the data
Crouser88.7
Kristiansen87.8
The people
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