Category profile
- Dominance
- 92
- Peak
- 98
- Longevity
- 72
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Form index per season
Editorial season form index (0–100), not raw goals or points. Raw season-by-season statistics are shown only where fully verified.
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 45 | |
| 2013 | 59 | |
| 2014 | 72 | |
| 2015 | 86 | |
| 2016 | 99 | |
| 2017 | 85 | |
| 2018 | 71 | |
| 2019 | 58 | |
| 2020 | 44 | |
| 2021 | 30 |
Data sources
- World Athletics records
- Olympedia
- Track and Field Statistics
Last verified: 2026-09-14
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Almaz Ayana ranks #39 in Athletics
Almaz Ayana ranks #39 in Athletics and #426 of 5087 across all sports. The verified GOAT Score is 88.7/100.
The verified career covers 2012–2021 and 10 documented seasons. Peak is 98/100, with Peak the strongest category at 98/100 (20% weight). Key metrics: Olympic gold medals 1, World Championship titles 1, 10,000 metres world record in seconds 1717, Olympic medals 2.
Nearest context: ahead Nadezhda Chizhova (88.7); behind Jarmila Kratochvílová (88.7). Rankings update whenever verified records change.
Almaz Ayana GOAT Score explained
- Dominance92/100 · weight 25%
- Dominance: 92/100, based on the verified career record.
- Peak98/100 · weight 20%
- Peak: 98/100, based on the verified career record.
- Longevity72/100 · weight 20%
- Longevity: 72/100, based on the verified career record.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Honours: 88/100, based on the verified career record.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Statistics: 94/100, based on the verified career record.
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Almaz Ayana — frequently asked
- Is Almaz Ayana the GOAT?
- According to GOAT Rank's current data model, Almaz Ayana ranks #39 in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 88.7/100, behind Usain Bolt (93.2).
- What is Almaz Ayana's GOAT Score?
- 88.7/100, calculated from the verified career record: Dominance 92 (25%), Peak 98 (20%), Longevity 72 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%).
- Where does Almaz Ayana rank all time?
- #426 of 5087 eligible athletes across all sports and #39 in Athletics.
- Almaz Ayana vs Nadezhda Chizhova: who ranks higher?
- Almaz Ayana ranks higher at 88.7 versus Nadezhda Chizhova at 88.7, a margin of 0.0 points.