Who is better, van Niekerk or Belevskaya?
Wayde van Niekerk leads with a GOAT score of 82.9 against 82.9 for Yelena Belevskaya — a gap of 0.0 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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van Niekerk vs Belevskaya
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently scores Wayde van Niekerk and Yelena Belevskaya level at 82.9. Wayde van Niekerk leads on Dominance, Peak, Statistics. Yelena Belevskaya leads on Longevity.
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van NiekerkWinner
82.9van Niekerk wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics
Belevskaya
82.9Belevskaya wins: Longevity
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇿🇦 Wayde van Niekerk
82.9
van Niekerk leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Wayde van Niekerk
2. Yelena Belevskaya
Category breakdown
Season form · Form index per season
Career timeline · Form index 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 · Form index per season1. 🇧🇾 Yelena Belevskaya5 seasons played · career day 1,825296 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇿🇦 Wayde van Niekerk5 seasons played · career day 3,286219.1 major golds
-26.0% vs Belevskaya at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇿🇦 van Niekerk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.38 | 219.09 |
| 🇧🇾 Belevskaya | 0 | 0 | 45 | 97 | 296 | 635 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | van NiekerkActive | BelevskayaRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic golds | 1 | — |
| World Championship golds | 2 | — |
| 400 m world record (s) | 43.03 | — |
| World records | 1 | — |
| Sub-44 races | 7 | — |
| 200 m best (s) | 19.84 | — |
| European Championship titles | — | 1 |
| World Championship medals | — | 1 |
| Personal best in centimetres | — | 714 |
| European Indoor medals | — | 2 |
| National titles | — | 4 |
| Dominance w25% | 82 | 80 |
| Peak w20% | 92 | 90 |
| Longevity w20% | 72 | 78 |
| Honours w20% | 82 | 82 |
| Statistics w15% | 88 | 86 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
van Niekerk82.9
Belevskaya82.9
The people
van Niekerk
Belevskaya
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Where does Belevskaya beat van Niekerk?
Belevskaya scores higher on longevity. van Niekerk leads on peak, dominance, statistics.
How is the van Niekerk vs Belevskaya score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. van Niekerk: 82.9, Belevskaya: 82.9.
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