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Hassan vs Radcliffe

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HassanWinner
86.7

Hassan wins: Honours

Radcliffe
86.2

Radcliffe wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇳🇱 Sifan Hassan
86.7

Hassan leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic golds from 1500 m to the marathon — an unmatched range.

1. Sifan Hassan
86.7
2. Paula Radcliffe
86.2

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. 🇳🇱 Sifan Hassan5 seasons played · career day 2,5551,170.7 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Paula Radcliffe5 seasons played · career day 3,6529 major golds
-99.2% vs Hassan at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇳🇱 Hassan00007091,613.45
🇬🇧 Radcliffe000006

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.

MetricHassanActiveRadcliffeRetired
Olympic golds3
World Championship golds31
World records2
Marathon major wins2
Olympic medals6
1500 m best (s)209.68
Marathon world records3
London Marathon wins3
New York Marathon wins3
Marathon best (min)135.42
Dominance w25%8686
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%8084
Honours w20%8880
Statistics w15%8890

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GOAT Rank · the data
Hassan86.7
Radcliffe86.2
The people
Hassan
Radcliffe

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