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Bartoletta vs Adams

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BartolettaWinner
88.4

Bartoletta wins: Peak, Honours, Statistics

Adams
88.3

Adams wins: Dominance, Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Tianna Bartoletta
88.4

Bartoletta leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Three-time Olympic champion in the long jump and sprint relay.

1. Tianna Bartoletta
88.4
2. Valerie Adams
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. 🇳🇿 Valerie Adams5 seasons played · career day 3,286101.7 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Tianna Bartoletta5 seasons played · career day 2,19133.7 major golds
-66.9% vs Adams at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Bartoletta0006.8920.3954.17
🇳🇿 Adams000019.62101.7

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.

MetricBartolettaRetiredAdamsRetired
Olympic golds32
World Championship golds34
Long jump best7.17
100 m best10.78
Olympic Games3
Olympic medals4
Win streak56
Shot put best (m)21.24
World indoor golds3
Dominance w25%8486
Peak w20%9490
Longevity w20%8490
Honours w20%9088
Statistics w15%9288

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GOAT Rank · the data
Bartoletta88.4
Adams88.3
The people
Bartoletta
Adams

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