Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 8 | |
| 2013 | 7 | |
| 2014 | 9 | |
| 2015 | 8 | |
| 2016 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- Swimming World
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Alia Atkinson ranks #36 in Swimming
Alia Atkinson ranks 36th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 325th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 92, Longevity 92, Honours 82, Statistics 88. 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 2002–2022 with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2014, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes short-course world titles 5, world records 3, olympic games appearances 5, short-course world medals 11.
Immediately ahead sits Ryan Murphy on 86.7, a gap of 0.3 points. Directly behind is Janet Evans on 86.3. 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.
Alia Atkinson GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Atkinson stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2014. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Atkinson comparisons
Alia Atkinson — frequently asked
- Is Alia Atkinson the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Alia Atkinson ranks 36th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 86.4, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Alia Atkinson's GOAT Score?
- 86.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Alia Atkinson rank all time?
- 325th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 36th within Swimming.
- Alia Atkinson vs Ryan Murphy: who ranks higher?
- Ryan Murphy, on 86.7 against Alia Atkinson's 86.4 — a margin of 0.3 points.