Category profile
- Dominance
- 92
- Peak
- 98
- Longevity
- 72
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds 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
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Almaz Ayana ranks #35 in Athletics
Almaz Ayana ranks 35th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 377th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 92, Peak 98, Longevity 72, Honours 88, Statistics 94. Those categories are normalised against the full Athletics reference universe of 308 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 2012–2021 with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2016, which sets the Peak component at 98. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 98 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic gold medals 1, world championship titles 1, 10,000 metres world record in seconds 1717, olympic medals 2.
Immediately ahead sits Nadezhda Chizhova on 88.7, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Elaine Thompson-Herah on 85.1. 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.
Almaz Ayana GOAT Score explained
- Dominance92/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ayana stood above the field while competing. Scored 92/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak98/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2016. Scored 98/100.
- Longevity72/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 9 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 72/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
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Almaz Ayana — frequently asked
- Is Almaz Ayana the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Almaz Ayana ranks 35th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 88.7, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Almaz Ayana's GOAT Score?
- 88.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 92 (25%), Peak 98 (20%), Longevity 72 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Almaz Ayana rank all time?
- 377th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 35th within Athletics.
- Almaz Ayana vs Nadezhda Chizhova: who ranks higher?
- Almaz Ayana, on 88.7 against Nadezhda Chizhova's 88.7 — a margin of 0.0 points.