Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 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 Christian Coleman ranks #120 in Athletics
Christian Coleman ranks 120th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 737th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 74, Honours 82, Statistics 86. 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 2016–present with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2019, 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 world championship golds 4, 60 m world record 6.34, 100 m personal best 9.76, world indoor titles 2.
Immediately ahead sits Hennadiy Avdyeyenko on 83.5, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Valerie Brisco-Hooks on 83.5. 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.
Christian Coleman GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Coleman stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2019. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 10 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Coleman comparisons
Christian Coleman — frequently asked
- Is Christian Coleman the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Christian Coleman ranks 120th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 83.5, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Christian Coleman's GOAT Score?
- 83.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Christian Coleman rank all time?
- 737th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 120th within Athletics.
- Christian Coleman vs Hennadiy Avdyeyenko: who ranks higher?
- Christian Coleman, on 83.5 against Hennadiy Avdyeyenko's 83.5 — a margin of 0.0 points.