Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 76
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1 | |
| 1991 | 1 | |
| 1992 | 2 | |
| 1993 | 3 | |
| 1994 | 4 | |
| 1995 | 3 | |
| 1996 | 4 | |
| 1997 | 5 | |
| 1998 | 3 | |
| 1999 | 4 | |
| 2000 | 5 | |
| 2001 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 1 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- IOC
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Cathy Freeman ranks #75 in Athletics
Cathy Freeman ranks 75th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 616th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 92, Longevity 76, Honours 82, Statistics 84. 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 1990–2003 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1997, 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 1, world championship golds 2, commonwealth golds 3, 400m best (sec) 48.63.
Immediately ahead sits Florence Griffith Joyner on 85.5, a gap of 2.9 points. Directly behind is Christian Taylor on 82.0. 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.
Cathy Freeman GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Freeman stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1997. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity76/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 76/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Freeman comparisons
Cathy Freeman — frequently asked
- Is Cathy Freeman the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Cathy Freeman ranks 75th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 82.6, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Cathy Freeman's GOAT Score?
- 82.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 76 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Cathy Freeman rank all time?
- 616th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 75th within Athletics.
- Cathy Freeman vs Florence Griffith Joyner: who ranks higher?
- Florence Griffith Joyner, on 85.5 against Cathy Freeman's 82.6 — a margin of 2.9 points.