Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 76
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 45 | |
| 1979 | 54 | |
| 1980 | 63 | |
| 1981 | 72 | |
| 1982 | 81 | |
| 1983 | 90 | |
| 1984 | 99 | |
| 1985 | 79 | |
| 1986 | 60 | |
| 1987 | 40 |
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 Alex Baumann ranks #23 in Swimming
Alex Baumann ranks 23rd among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 378th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 96, Longevity 76, Honours 88, Statistics 92. 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 1978–1987 with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1984, 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, commonwealth titles 4, pan american titles 2.
Immediately ahead sits Chad le Clos on 87.8, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Johnny Weissmuller on 87.6. 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.
Alex Baumann GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Baumann stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1984. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity76/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 9 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 76/100.
- 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 Baumann comparisons
Alex Baumann — frequently asked
- Is Alex Baumann the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Alex Baumann ranks 23rd in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 87.8, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Alex Baumann's GOAT Score?
- 87.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 76 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Alex Baumann rank all time?
- 378th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 23rd within Swimming.
- Alex Baumann vs Chad le Clos: who ranks higher?
- Alex Baumann, on 87.8 against Chad le Clos's 87.8 — a margin of 0.0 points.