Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- IOC results
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Brigid Kosgei ranks #86 in Athletics
Brigid Kosgei ranks 86th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 505th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 96, Longevity 78, Honours 86, Statistics 90. Those categories are normalised against the full Athletics reference universe of 313 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 2015–present with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2018, 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 marathon world record in hours 2.14, marathon majors won 5, olympic silver medals 1, london marathon titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Joan Benoit Samuelson on 87.5, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Justin Gatlin on 85.6. 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.
Brigid Kosgei GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Kosgei stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2018. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 11 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Kosgei comparisons
Brigid Kosgei — frequently asked
- Is Brigid Kosgei the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Brigid Kosgei ranks 86th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 87.5, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Brigid Kosgei's GOAT Score?
- 87.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Brigid Kosgei rank all time?
- 505th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 86th within Athletics.
- Brigid Kosgei vs Joan Benoit Samuelson: who ranks higher?
- Brigid Kosgei, on 87.5 against Joan Benoit Samuelson's 87.5 — a margin of 0.0 points.