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Dibaba vs Moses

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MosesWinner
91.3

Moses wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics

Dibaba
87.5

Dibaba wins: no category outright

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Edwin Moses
91.3

Moses leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. 122 consecutive wins in the 400 m hurdles over nine years and nine months.

1. Edwin Moses
91.3
2. Tirunesh Dibaba
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. 🇪🇹 Tirunesh Dibaba5 seasons played · career day 2,5554,350.1 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Edwin Moses5 seasons played · career day 1,826237.2 major golds
-94.5% vs Dibaba at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇪🇹 Dibaba00002,620.16,082.7
🇺🇸 Moses0047.6395.08190.06426.47

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.

MetricDibabaRetiredMosesRetired
Olympic golds32
World Championship golds52
World cross-country golds4
5000 m best (s)862.6
10,000 m best (s)1,782.76
World records14
Win streak122
400 m hurdles best (s)47.02
Sub-48 races27
Dominance w25%8694
Peak w20%9294
Longevity w20%8486
Honours w20%8890
Statistics w15%8892

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GOAT Rank · the data
Moses91.3
Dibaba87.5
The people
Dibaba
Moses

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