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McLaughlin-Levrone vs Flo-Jo

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McLaughlin-LevroneWinner
85.5

McLaughlin-Levrone wins: Longevity, Statistics

Flo-Jo
85.5

Flo-Jo wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone
85.5

McLaughlin-Levrone leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Six world records in the 400 m hurdles and back-to-back Olympic golds.

1. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone
85.5
2. Florence Griffith Joyner
85.5

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.

GOAT pace tracker

Through age 24 · Major golds per season
1. 🇺🇸 Florence Griffith Joyner48 major golds
1 season by age 24 · 48 per season

Setting the pace at age 24

No verified birth date for McLaughlin-Levrone — shown in the pro-debut view instead.

Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 24, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.

MetricMcLaughlin-LevroneActiveFlo-JoRetired
Olympic golds33
World titles2
World records62
Personal best (s)50.37
World Championship medals3
World golds1
100m best (s)10.49
200m best (s)21.34
Olympic medals5
Dominance w25%9092
Peak w20%9499
Longevity w20%6658
Honours w20%8688
Statistics w15%9290

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GOAT Rank · the data
McLaughlin-Levrone85.5
Flo-Jo85.5
The people
McLaughlin-Levrone
Flo-Jo

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