Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 72
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 6470 | |
| 2003 | 6952 | |
| 2004 | 6952 | |
| 2005 | 6887 | |
| 2006 | 6740 | |
| 2007 | 7032 | |
| 2008 | 6600 | |
| 2009 | 6500 | |
| 2010 | 6400 | |
| 2011 | 6300 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- IOC
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Carolina Klüft ranks #85 in Athletics
Carolina Klüft ranks 85th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 842nd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 90, Longevity 72, Honours 86, 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 2000–2012 with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2007, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic golds 1, world titles 3, european titles 2, personal best (points) 7032.
Immediately ahead sits Dan O'Brien on 85.1, a gap of 0.6 points. Directly behind is Roman Šebrle on 82.2. 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.
Carolina Klüft GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Klüft stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2007. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity72/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 72/100.
- 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 Klüft comparisons
Carolina Klüft — frequently asked
- Is Carolina Klüft the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Carolina Klüft ranks 85th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 84.5, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Carolina Klüft's GOAT Score?
- 84.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 72 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Carolina Klüft rank all time?
- 842nd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 85th within Athletics.
- Carolina Klüft vs Dan O'Brien: who ranks higher?
- Dan O'Brien, on 85.1 against Carolina Klüft's 84.5 — a margin of 0.6 points.