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Aouita vs Kristiansen

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
AouitaWinner
89.9

Aouita wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Kristiansen
87.8

Kristiansen wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇲🇦 Saïd Aouita
89.9

Aouita leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic 5000 metres champion who set world records from 1500 to 5000 metres.

1. Saïd Aouita
89.9
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. 🇲🇦 Saïd Aouita5 seasons played · career day 1,825358 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇳🇴 Ingrid Kristiansen5 seasons played · career day 3,28620 major golds
-94.4% vs Aouita at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇲🇦 Aouita0045103358646
🇳🇴 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.

MetricAouitaRetiredKristiansenRetired
Olympic gold medals1
World Championship titles1
World records set5
World Championship medals2
Unbeaten run in races44
World records4
World Championship golds1
London Marathon wins2
Boston Marathon wins1
World cross country titles1
Dominance w25%9288
Peak w20%9692
Longevity w20%7884
Honours w20%9084
Statistics w15%9492

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GOAT Rank · the data
Aouita89.9
Kristiansen87.8
The people
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