Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 52
- Honours
- 76
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 7.6 | |
| 1966 | 7.9 | |
| 1967 | 8.2 | |
| 1968 | 8.9 | |
| 1969 | 8.1 | |
| 1970 | 7.9 | |
| 1971 | 7.8 | |
| 1972 | 7.7 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- IOC
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Bob Beamon ranks #89 in Athletics
Bob Beamon ranks 89th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 923rd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 77.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 96, Longevity 52, Honours 76, Statistics 86. 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 1965–1973 with 8 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1968, which sets the Peak component at 96. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic golds 1, world records 1, years record stood 23, best jump (m) 8.9.
Immediately ahead sits Armand Duplantis on 86.3, a gap of 8.6 points. Directly behind is Dick Fosbury on 75.5. 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.
Bob Beamon GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Beamon stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1968. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity52/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 8 years of competition and 8 recorded seasons. Scored 52/100.
- Honours76/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 76/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Beamon comparisons
Bob Beamon — frequently asked
- Is Bob Beamon the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bob Beamon ranks 89th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 77.7, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Bob Beamon's GOAT Score?
- 77.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 52 (20%), Honours 76 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bob Beamon rank all time?
- 923rd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 89th within Athletics.
- Bob Beamon vs Armand Duplantis: who ranks higher?
- Armand Duplantis, on 86.3 against Bob Beamon's 77.7 — a margin of 8.6 points.