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Holm vs Thompson-Herah

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HolmWinner
85.5

Holm wins: Longevity

Thompson-Herah
85.1

Thompson-Herah wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇸🇪 Stefan Holm
85.5

Holm leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic high jump champion in 2004 with four world indoor titles.

1. Stefan Holm
85.5
2. Elaine Thompson-Herah
85.1

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. 🇯🇲 Elaine Thompson-Herah5 seasons played · career day 2,55553.9 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇸🇪 Stefan Holm5 seasons played · career day 2,92111.6 major golds
-78.5% vs Thompson-Herah at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇸🇪 Holm00004.5813.92
🇯🇲 Thompson-Herah000032.2575.3

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.

MetricHolmRetiredThompson-HerahActive
Olympic golds15
World indoor titles4
European indoor titles3
Best jump (m)2.4
Two-metre-plus clearances500
Olympic medals6
100 m personal best10.54
200 m personal best21.53
World Championship medals5
Sprint doubles at Games2
Dominance w25%8486
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%8274
Honours w20%8686
Statistics w15%8688

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GOAT Rank · the data
Holm85.5
Thompson-Herah85.1
The people
Holm
Thompson-Herah

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