Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 45 | |
| 2003 | 54 | |
| 2004 | 63 | |
| 2005 | 72 | |
| 2006 | 80 | |
| 2007 | 89 | |
| 2008 | 98 | |
| 2009 | 82 | |
| 2010 | 67 | |
| 2011 | 51 | |
| 2012 | 35 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics records
- Olympedia
- Swimming Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Alain Bernard ranks #47 in Swimming
Alain Bernard ranks 47th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 575th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 96, Longevity 78, Honours 86, Statistics 90. Those categories are normalised against the full Swimming reference universe of 289 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 2002–2012 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2008, which sets the Peak component at 96. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic gold medals 2, world records set 4, european titles 4, olympic medals 4.
Immediately ahead sits Paul Biedermann on 86.5, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Alia Atkinson on 86.4. 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.
Alain Bernard GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Bernard stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2008. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 10 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Bernard comparisons
Alain Bernard — frequently asked
- Is Alain Bernard the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Alain Bernard ranks 47th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 86.5, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Alain Bernard's GOAT Score?
- 86.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Alain Bernard rank all time?
- 575th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 47th within Swimming.
- Alain Bernard vs Paul Biedermann: who ranks higher?
- Alain Bernard, on 86.5 against Paul Biedermann's 86.5 — a margin of 0.0 points.