Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 0 | |
| 2003 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 2 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- IOC results
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Anthony Ervin ranks #57 in Swimming
Anthony Ervin ranks 57th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 599th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 92, Longevity 84, Honours 80, Statistics 82. 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 1999–2016 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2000, 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 olympic gold medals 3, olympic silver medals 1, world championship golds 3, years between olympic 50 m titles 16.
Immediately ahead sits Bronte Campbell on 84.1, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Gertrude Ederle on 84.0. 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.
Anthony Ervin GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ervin stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2000. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Ervin comparisons
Anthony Ervin — frequently asked
- Is Anthony Ervin the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Anthony Ervin ranks 57th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 84.0, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Anthony Ervin's GOAT Score?
- 84.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Anthony Ervin rank all time?
- 599th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 57th within Swimming.
- Anthony Ervin vs Bronte Campbell: who ranks higher?
- Bronte Campbell, on 84.1 against Anthony Ervin's 84.0 — a margin of 0.1 points.