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Barry vs Cram

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CramWinner
83.0

Cram wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Barry
81.5

Barry wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Steve Cram
83.0

Cram leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. World 1500m champion and holder of three world records in 19 days.

1. Steve Cram
83.0
2. Trevor Barry
81.5

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. 🇧🇸 Trevor Barry5 seasons played · career day 1,825336 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Steve Cram5 seasons played · career day 2,55613 major golds
-96.1% vs Barry at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇧🇸 Barry0050109336660
🇬🇧 Cram0000622

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.

MetricBarryRetiredCramRetired
World Championship medals1
Commonwealth Games medals1
Personal best (high jump)2.34
Olympic appearances2
National titles6
World Championship golds1
World records3
European golds2
Commonwealth golds2
Mile best (sec)226.31
Dominance w25%7682
Peak w20%8890
Longevity w20%8076
Honours w20%8082
Statistics w15%8686

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GOAT Rank · the data
Cram83.0
Barry81.5
The people
Barry
Cram

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