Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 58 | |
| 2015 | 57.92 | |
| 2016 | 57.13 | |
| 2017 | 57.47 | |
| 2018 | 57.1 | |
| 2019 | 56.88 | |
| 2020 | 57.37 | |
| 2021 | 57.39 | |
| 2022 | 57.6 | |
| 2023 | 58 | |
| 2024 | 58.2 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Adam Peaty ranks #10 in Swimming
Adam Peaty ranks 10th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 176th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 94, Longevity 80, Honours 88, Statistics 92. Those categories are normalised against the full Swimming reference universe of 288 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 2012–present with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2024, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic golds 3, world championship golds 8, world records 5, 100 m breaststroke record (s) 56.88.
Immediately ahead sits Alexander Popov on 88.0, a gap of -0.7 points. Directly behind is Ryan Lochte on 86.1. 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.
Adam Peaty GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Peaty stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2024. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Peaty comparisons
Adam Peaty — frequently asked
- Is Adam Peaty the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Adam Peaty ranks 10th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 88.7, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Adam Peaty's GOAT Score?
- 88.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Adam Peaty rank all time?
- 176th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 10th within Swimming.
- Adam Peaty vs Alexander Popov: who ranks higher?
- Adam Peaty, on 88.7 against Alexander Popov's 88.0 — a margin of 0.7 points.