Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 53.8 | |
| 2009 | 53.6 | |
| 2010 | 53.4 | |
| 2011 | 53.2 | |
| 2012 | 52.9 | |
| 2013 | 52.6 | |
| 2014 | 52.3 | |
| 2015 | 52.6 | |
| 2016 | 51.9 | |
| 2017 | 52 | |
| 2018 | 52.03 | |
| 2019 | 52.4 | |
| 2020 | 52.5 | |
| 2021 | 52.7 | |
| 2022 | 53 | |
| 2023 | 53.3 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- Swimming World
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Cate Campbell ranks #5 in Swimming
Cate Campbell ranks 5th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 77th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 94, Longevity 90, Honours 90, 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 2008–2024 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2008, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic golds 4, olympic medals 8, world championship golds 11, 100 m freestyle best 51.9.
Immediately ahead sits Michael Gross on 90.3, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Kirsty Coventry on 89.7. 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.
Cate Campbell GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Campbell stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2008. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Campbell comparisons
Cate Campbell — frequently asked
- Is Cate Campbell the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Cate Campbell ranks 5th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 90.1, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Cate Campbell's GOAT Score?
- 90.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Cate Campbell rank all time?
- 77th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 5th within Swimming.
- Cate Campbell vs Michael Gross: who ranks higher?
- Michael Gross, on 90.3 against Cate Campbell's 90.1 — a margin of 0.2 points.