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Thompson-Herah vs Sjöberg

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
SjöbergWinner
85.4

Sjöberg wins: Longevity

Thompson-Herah
85.1

Thompson-Herah wins: Dominance, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇸🇪 Patrik Sjöberg
85.4

Sjöberg leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Held the world high jump record at 2.42m and won three Olympic and world medals.

1. Patrik Sjöberg
85.4
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.

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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. 🇸🇪 Patrik Sjöberg5 seasons played · career day 2,55511.9 major golds
-77.9% vs Thompson-Herah at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇯🇲 Thompson-Herah000032.2575.3
🇸🇪 Sjöberg00007.0916.66

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.

MetricThompson-HerahActiveSjöbergRetired
Olympic golds5
Olympic medals63
100 m personal best10.54
200 m personal best21.53
World Championship medals5
Sprint doubles at Games2
World records1
World Championship golds1
Best jump (m)2.42
European indoor titles2
Dominance w25%8684
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%7480
Honours w20%8684
Statistics w15%8888

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GOAT Rank · the data
Sjöberg85.4
Thompson-Herah85.1
The people
Thompson-Herah
Sjöberg

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