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Lebedeva vs Richards-Ross

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LebedevaWinner
87.5

Lebedeva wins: Longevity

Richards-Ross
87.5

Richards-Ross wins: Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇷🇺 Tatyana Lebedeva
87.5

Lebedeva leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic long jump champion and a three-time world triple jump champion.

1. Tatyana Lebedeva
87.5
2. Sanya Richards-Ross
87.5

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

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Major golds per season
1. 🇺🇸 Sanya Richards-Ross5 seasons played · career day 2,556246.4 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇷🇺 Tatyana Lebedeva5 seasons played · career day 1,82511 major golds
-95.5% vs Richards-Ross at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇷🇺 Lebedeva00131121
🇺🇸 Richards-Ross0000147.51345.4

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.

MetricLebedevaRetiredRichards-RossRetired
Olympic gold medals1
World Championship golds35
World indoor titles4
Best triple jump in metres15.34
Best long jump in metres7.33
Olympic golds5
400m best (sec)48.7
Diamond League titles4
World Championship medals8
Dominance w25%8686
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%8482
Honours w20%8890
Statistics w15%8888

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GOAT Rank · the data
Lebedeva87.5
Richards-Ross87.5
The people
Lebedeva
Richards-Ross

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