Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 60 | |
| 2019 | 74 | |
| 2020 | 86 | |
| 2021 | 96 | |
| 2022 | 88 | |
| 2023 | 86 | |
| 2024 | 94 | |
| 2025 | 88 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- European Aquatics
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Bobby Finke ranks #86 in Swimming
Bobby Finke ranks 86th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 1026th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 92, Longevity 74, Honours 86, Statistics 86. 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 2018–present with 8 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2021, 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, world records 1, olympic medals 4, world championship medals 3.
Immediately ahead sits Léon Marchand on 83.8, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Yuri Bashkatov on 83.8. 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.
Bobby Finke GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Finke 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 2021. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 8 years of competition and 8 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Finke comparisons
Bobby Finke — frequently asked
- Is Bobby Finke the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bobby Finke ranks 86th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 83.8, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Bobby Finke's GOAT Score?
- 83.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bobby Finke rank all time?
- 1026th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 86th within Swimming.
- Bobby Finke vs Léon Marchand: who ranks higher?
- Bobby Finke, on 83.8 against Léon Marchand's 83.8 — a margin of 0.0 points.