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Gunnell vs Blake

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BlakeWinner
86.2

Blake wins: Longevity, Statistics

Gunnell
86.0

Gunnell wins: Dominance, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇯🇲 Yohan Blake
86.2

Blake leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. World 100 m champion in 2011 and the joint second-fastest man over 200 m.

1. Yohan Blake
86.2
2. Sally Gunnell
86.0

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. 🇬🇧 Sally Gunnell5 seasons played · career day 1,826328 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇯🇲 Yohan Blake5 seasons played · career day 1,8257 major golds
-97.9% vs Gunnell at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Gunnell0050108250678
🇯🇲 Blake0001713

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.

MetricGunnellRetiredBlakeActive
Olympic gold medals12
World Championship golds14
European Championship golds1
Commonwealth Games golds2
World record 400 m hurdles52.74
100 m personal best9.69
200 m personal best19.26
Olympic silver medals2
Dominance w25%8684
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%7882
Honours w20%8886
Statistics w15%8688

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Blake86.2
Gunnell86.0
The people
Gunnell
Blake

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