Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1 | |
| 1991 | 2 | |
| 1992 | 2 | |
| 1993 | 3 | |
| 1994 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 3 | |
| 1996 | 4 | |
| 1997 | 5 | |
| 1998 | 4 | |
| 1999 | 5 | |
| 2000 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 1 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- IOC
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Abel Antón ranks #116 in Athletics
Abel Antón ranks 116th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 722nd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 90, Longevity 84, Honours 86, Statistics 86. Those categories are normalised against the full Athletics reference universe of 313 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1985–2002 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1997, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world championship golds 2, european titles 1, london marathon wins 1, marathon personal best 2.07.
Immediately ahead sits Kelsey-Lee Barber on 83.8, a gap of -1.6 points. Directly behind is Tommie Smith on 83.6. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.
Abel Antón GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Antón stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1997. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Antón comparisons
Abel Antón — frequently asked
- Is Abel Antón the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Abel Antón ranks 116th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 85.4, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Abel Antón's GOAT Score?
- 85.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Abel Antón rank all time?
- 722nd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 116th within Athletics.
- Abel Antón vs Kelsey-Lee Barber: who ranks higher?
- Abel Antón, on 85.4 against Kelsey-Lee Barber's 83.8 — a margin of 1.6 points.