Better to be the goat then the world record holder, that will be broken one day, but mj will always be the goat, no one has been more consistent then him, not before or since

He lost his GOAT status in Rio. Only Americans still consider him to be the GOAT for obvious reasons.

@@mellowmonsoon278 I love Van Niekerk, but Michael Johnson has 22 (!) sub-44 clockings. Van Niekerk has 6. Johnson also won 60 out 63 400m finals in his senior career (one 3rd place, one 4th place, and one DNF). That is simply next level. (I'm not American btw)

@@CarlFredrik-uo1cu Asafa ran the most sub 10 100Ms ever . He is not GOAT. You can’t make up criteria just like that. It’s not because WVN could not have the same win rate , he had a bad accident. Still he holds the world record.

@@mellowmonsoon278 Van Niekerk has 3 season bests (2015, 2016, 2017). Michael Johnson has 9. Van Niekerk has won one olympic gold, and two WC golds. Michael Johnson has won two olympic golds, and four WC golds. While the world record is important, it's not everything. Besides the world record, Johnson has Van Niekerk beaten in every metric. If Johnson never beat Reynolds' world record (43.29), something he was barely able to do (once) at the end of his career, would you argue that Reynolds was a better 400m runner than Johnson? I'd also like to point out that 2016 shoes are also faster than 1999 shoes. (And Johnson also had injuries throughout his career btw) Joshua Cheptegei has beaten Kenenisa Bekele's world records in the 5000m and 10000m. That does not change the fact that Bekele remains the G.O.A.T. in those disciplines. Johannes Vetter was only centimeters behind Jan Zelezny's world record. If he had thrown further, that wouldn't automatically make him the javelin G.O.A.T. Mike Powell has longest long jump in history. That doesn't change the fact that Carl Lewis is the long jumping G.O.A.T. Aries Merritt, Grant Holloway, and Devon Allen have all run faster than Allen Johnson's PB. That does not dethrone Allen Johnson from his G.O.A.T. status. Tim Montgommery held the 100m world record at one point (before being caught doping) Even if he was clean, that wouldn't mean he in that moment surpassed Maurice Greene in terms of all time status. I could go on. I am not "making up criteria". Greatest of all time status isn't merely about world records. It's a combination of world records, olympic golds and medals, world championship golds and medals, consistency, longevity, winning streaks, season's bests, winning percentage etc.

Keep pushing that delusion, your love for MJ shouldn't cloud your judgement and fact is right Wayde is one lap goat

@tshabalalanhlanhlashadrack1230 Wayne Only had like Two years of dominant running! Mj was dominant for ten plus years.. your thr delusional one if you really think that

@@tshabalalanhlanhlashadrack1230Wade is in fact WR holder and rightfully so, however in comparison MJ’s accomplishments, durability and longevity at a high level suggest GOAT status. Wade will tell you that also. MJ was a machine in the one lap event period.

Thats right

This is a top ten fastest list. Evans, at 43,86 is outside the top ten.

Too slow

I was going to ask the same thing

Karani James just missed the top 10 times by 0.04 seconds. He'll always be considered one of the greats with his 3 consecutive Olympic medals. 🇬🇩

Kirani is one of the top 5 400m runners based on his longevity, consistency and body of work. But he is outside the top 10 in time.

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