Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8457 | |
| 2011 | 8729 | |
| 2012 | 9039 | |
| 2013 | 8809 | |
| 2014 | 8998 | |
| 2015 | 9045 | |
| 2016 | 8893 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ashton Eaton ranks #58 in Athletics
Ashton Eaton ranks 58th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 444th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 74, Honours 88, 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 2008–2016 with 7 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2015, 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 golds 2, world championship golds 2, world records 2, decathlon best 9045.
Immediately ahead sits Jesse Owens on 86.3, a gap of 0.5 points. Directly behind is Moses Kiptanui on 85.9. 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.
Ashton Eaton GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Eaton stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2015. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 8 years of competition and 7 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Eaton comparisons
Ashton Eaton — frequently asked
- Is Ashton Eaton the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ashton Eaton ranks 58th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 85.8, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Ashton Eaton's GOAT Score?
- 85.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ashton Eaton rank all time?
- 444th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 58th within Athletics.
- Ashton Eaton vs Jesse Owens: who ranks higher?
- Jesse Owens, on 86.3 against Ashton Eaton's 85.8 — a margin of 0.5 points.