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Kipketer vs Hassan

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HassanWinner
86.7

Hassan wins: Longevity, Honours

Kipketer
86.0

Kipketer wins: Dominance

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇳🇱 Sifan Hassan
86.7

Hassan leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic golds from 1500 m to the marathon — an unmatched range.

1. Sifan Hassan
86.7
2. Wilson Kipketer
86.0

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. 🇳🇱 Sifan Hassan5 seasons played · career day 2,5551,170.7 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇩🇰 Wilson Kipketer5 seasons played · career day 3,6516 major golds
-99.5% vs Hassan at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇩🇰 Kipketer000006
🇳🇱 Hassan00007091,613.45

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.

MetricKipketerRetiredHassanActive
World Championship golds33
World records12
Olympic medals26
800m best (sec)100.91
Sub-1:43 races30
Olympic golds3
Marathon major wins2
1500 m best (s)209.68
Dominance w25%8886
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%7880
Honours w20%8488
Statistics w15%8888

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GOAT Rank · the data
Hassan86.7
Kipketer86.0
The people
Kipketer
Hassan

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