Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 9.87 | |
| 2005 | 9.77 | |
| 2006 | 9.77 | |
| 2007 | 9.74 | |
| 2008 | 9.72 | |
| 2009 | 9.82 | |
| 2010 | 9.82 | |
| 2011 | 9.78 | |
| 2012 | 9.88 | |
| 2013 | 9.81 | |
| 2014 | 9.81 | |
| 2015 | 9.94 | |
| 2016 | 9.93 | |
| 2017 | 9.97 | |
| 2018 | 10.02 | |
| 2019 | 10.1 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- IOC
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Asafa Powell ranks #47 in Athletics
Asafa Powell ranks 47th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 342nd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 88, Longevity 88, Honours 78, Statistics 90. Those categories are normalised against the full Athletics reference universe of 309 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 2001–2020 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2019, which sets the Peak component at 88. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world records 2, olympic golds 1, sub-10-second races 97, 100m best (sec) 9.72.
Immediately ahead sits Nafissatou Thiam on 86.3, a gap of 2.0 points. Directly behind is Sebastian Coe on 87.5. 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.
Asafa Powell GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Powell stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2019. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Powell comparisons
Asafa Powell — frequently asked
- Is Asafa Powell the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Asafa Powell ranks 47th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 84.3, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Asafa Powell's GOAT Score?
- 84.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Asafa Powell rank all time?
- 342nd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 47th within Athletics.
- Asafa Powell vs Nafissatou Thiam: who ranks higher?
- Nafissatou Thiam, on 86.3 against Asafa Powell's 84.3 — a margin of 2.0 points.