Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 95
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 92
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 60 | |
| 2019 | 66 | |
| 2020 | 73 | |
| 2021 | 79 | |
| 2022 | 85 | |
| 2023 | 92 | |
| 2024 | 98 | |
| 2025 | 95 | |
| 2026 | 92 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics results database
- Olympedia
- National federation records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Robert Finke ranks #6 in Swimming
Robert Finke ranks 6th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 153rd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 95, Longevity 82, Honours 92, Statistics 92. 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 9 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2024, which sets the Peak component at 95. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 95 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic gold medals 3, olympic medals 4, world records 1, world championship medals 3.
Immediately ahead sits Cate Campbell on 90.1, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Tracy Caulkins on 89.8. 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.
Robert Finke GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Finke stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak95/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2024. Scored 95/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 8 years of competition and 9 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours92/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 92/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Finke comparisons
Robert Finke — frequently asked
- Is Robert Finke the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Robert Finke ranks 6th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 90.1, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Robert Finke's GOAT Score?
- 90.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 95 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 92 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Robert Finke rank all time?
- 153rd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 6th within Swimming.
- Robert Finke vs Cate Campbell: who ranks higher?
- Robert Finke, on 90.1 against Cate Campbell's 90.1 — a margin of 0.0 points.