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Bartoletta vs Defar

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BartolettaWinner
88.4

Bartoletta wins: Peak, Honours, Statistics

Defar
88.3

Defar wins: Dominance

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Tianna Bartoletta
88.4

Bartoletta leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Three-time Olympic champion in the long jump and sprint relay.

1. Tianna Bartoletta
88.4
2. Meseret Defar
88.3

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. 🇪🇹 Meseret Defar5 seasons played · career day 2,92171.5 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Tianna Bartoletta5 seasons played · career day 2,19133.7 major golds
-52.9% vs Defar at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Bartoletta0006.8920.3954.17
🇪🇹 Defar000028.7385.75

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.

MetricBartolettaRetiredDefarRetired
Olympic golds32
World Championship golds32
Long jump best7.17
100 m best10.78
Olympic Games3
World indoor titles5
World records5
5000m best (min)14.29
Dominance w25%8488
Peak w20%9492
Longevity w20%8484
Honours w20%9088
Statistics w15%9290

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GOAT Rank · the data
Bartoletta88.4
Defar88.3
The people
Bartoletta
Defar

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