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Assefa vs Abe

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AbeWinner
76.4

Abe wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Assefa
76.1

Assefa wins: Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇯🇵 Tomoe Abe
76.4

Abe leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. World championship marathon bronze medallist who set a 100 km world best of 6:33:11.

1. Tomoe Abe
76.4
2. Sofia Assefa
76.1

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. 🇯🇵 Tomoe Abe5 seasons played · career day 1,826386 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇪🇹 Sofia Assefa5 seasons played · career day 1,826363 major golds
-6.0% vs Abe at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇪🇹 Assefa0055119271685
🇯🇵 Abe0060132308726

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.

MetricAssefaRetiredAbeRetired
Olympic medals1
World Championship medals11
Personal best (min)9.094
Diamond League wins4
Global finals contested52
100 km world bests1
Marathon personal best2.264
Marathon victories3
Dominance w25%7072
Peak w20%8286
Longevity w20%7872
Honours w20%7674
Statistics w15%7680

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GOAT Rank · the data
Abe76.4
Assefa76.1
The people
Assefa
Abe

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