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Barega vs Snell

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BaregaWinner
84.8

Barega wins: Longevity, Statistics

Snell
84.5

Snell wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇪🇹 Selemon Barega
84.8

Barega leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic 10,000 m champion in Tokyo and a world indoor 3,000 m champion.

1. Selemon Barega
84.8
2. Peter Snell
84.5

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. 🇪🇹 Selemon Barega5 seasons played · career day 2,1913,889.8 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇳🇿 Peter Snell5 seasons played · career day 2,19032 major golds
-99.2% vs Barega at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇪🇹 Barega0007782,325.756,258.75
🇳🇿 Snell00032350

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.

MetricBaregaActiveSnellRetired
Olympic golds13
World indoor golds1
World Championship medals2
5,000 m best772.75
10,000 m best1,600
World records6
Commonwealth golds2
800m best (sec)104.3
Mile best (sec)234.1
Dominance w25%8290
Peak w20%9294
Longevity w20%7662
Honours w20%8688
Statistics w15%9088

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GOAT Rank · the data
Barega84.8
Snell84.5
The people
Barega
Snell

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