Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 76
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 68 | |
| 1975 | 76 | |
| 1976 | 94 | |
| 1977 | 84 | |
| 1978 | 86 | |
| 1979 | 88 | |
| 1980 | 96 | |
| 1981 | 84 | |
| 1982 | 80 | |
| 1983 | 74 | |
| 1984 | 70 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- European Athletics
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Bärbel Wöckel ranks #127 in Athletics
Bärbel Wöckel ranks 127th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 1126th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 76, Honours 86, Statistics 82. 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 1974–1984 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1980, 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 4, individual olympic golds 2, european championship golds 2, personal best 200 m 22.03.
Immediately ahead sits Abebe Bikila on 85.8, a gap of 1.7 points. Directly behind is Lee Evans 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.
Bärbel Wöckel GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Wöckel stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1980. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity76/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 10 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 76/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Wöckel comparisons
Bärbel Wöckel — frequently asked
- Is Bärbel Wöckel the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bärbel Wöckel ranks 127th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 84.1, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Bärbel Wöckel's GOAT Score?
- 84.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 76 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bärbel Wöckel rank all time?
- 1126th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 127th within Athletics.
- Bärbel Wöckel vs Abebe Bikila: who ranks higher?
- Abebe Bikila, on 85.8 against Bärbel Wöckel's 84.1 — a margin of 1.7 points.