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Bada vs Snell

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SnellWinner
84.5

Snell wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Bada
82.7

Bada wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇳🇿 Peter Snell
84.5

Snell leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Three Olympic golds and world records at 800m, 880 yards and the mile.

1. Peter Snell
84.5
2. Sunday Bada
82.7

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. 🇳🇬 Sunday Bada5 seasons played · career day 2,555225 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇳🇿 Peter Snell5 seasons played · career day 2,19032 major golds
-85.8% vs Bada at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇳🇬 Bada0000135.03314.83
🇳🇿 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.

MetricBadaRetiredSnellRetired
Olympic golds13
World Championship medals2
All-Africa Games titles2
400 m personal best44.63
Olympic appearances4
World records6
Commonwealth golds2
800m best (sec)104.3
Mile best (sec)234.1
Dominance w25%7690
Peak w20%9094
Longevity w20%8462
Honours w20%8088
Statistics w15%8688

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GOAT Rank · the data
Snell84.5
Bada82.7
The people
Bada
Snell

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