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Gay vs Blake

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GayWinner
86.2

Gay wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Blake
86.2

Blake wins: Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Tyson Gay
86.2

Gay leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Triple world champion in 2007 and the second-fastest 100 m runner in history.

1. Tyson Gay
86.2
2. Yohan Blake
86.2

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. 🇺🇸 Tyson Gay5 seasons played · career day 1,82512 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇯🇲 Yohan Blake5 seasons played · career day 1,8257 major golds
-41.7% vs Gay at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
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🇯🇲 Blake0001713

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.

MetricGayRetiredBlakeActive
World Championship golds34
100 m personal best9.699.69
200 m personal best19.5819.26
US national titles6
World Championship medals4
Olympic gold medals2
Olympic silver medals2
Dominance w25%8684
Peak w20%9492
Longevity w20%7882
Honours w20%8486
Statistics w15%9088

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Gay86.2
Blake86.2
The people
Gay
Blake

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