Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 115.45 | |
| 2010 | 118.8 | |
| 2011 | 116.62 | |
| 2012 | 115.77 | |
| 2013 | 119.88 | |
| 2014 | 120.7 | |
| 2015 | 118.96 | |
| 2016 | 115.28 | |
| 2017 | 115.16 | |
| 2018 | 114.25 | |
| 2019 | 116.7 | |
| 2020 | 118 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- IOC
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Caster Semenya ranks #44 in Athletics
Caster Semenya ranks 44th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 297th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 92, Longevity 80, Honours 88, Statistics 88. 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 2008–present with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2014, 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 golds 2, world championship golds 3, commonwealth golds 1, 800m best (sec) 114.25.
Immediately ahead sits Joan Benoit Samuelson on 87.5, a gap of 0.3 points. Directly behind is Mo Farah on 86.3. 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.
Caster Semenya GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Semenya stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2014. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Semenya comparisons
Caster Semenya — frequently asked
- Is Caster Semenya the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Caster Semenya ranks 44th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 87.2, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Caster Semenya's GOAT Score?
- 87.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Caster Semenya rank all time?
- 297th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 44th within Athletics.
- Caster Semenya vs Joan Benoit Samuelson: who ranks higher?
- Joan Benoit Samuelson, on 87.5 against Caster Semenya's 87.2 — a margin of 0.3 points.