Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 76
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 17.45 | |
| 2011 | 17.96 | |
| 2012 | 17.81 | |
| 2013 | 17.66 | |
| 2014 | 17.75 | |
| 2015 | 18.21 | |
| 2016 | 17.86 | |
| 2017 | 17.68 | |
| 2018 | 17.81 | |
| 2019 | 17.92 | |
| 2020 | 17.57 | |
| 2021 | 17.25 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- IOC
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Christian Taylor ranks #76 in Athletics
Christian Taylor ranks 76th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 640th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 86, Longevity 76, Honours 84, Statistics 82. 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 2009–present with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2015, which sets the Peak component at 86. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 86 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic golds 2, world titles 4, personal best (m) 18.21, diamond league titles 4.
Immediately ahead sits Cathy Freeman on 82.6, a gap of 0.6 points. Directly behind is Steve Cram on 83.0. 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.
Christian Taylor GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Taylor stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2015. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity76/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 76/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Taylor comparisons
Christian Taylor — frequently asked
- Is Christian Taylor the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Christian Taylor ranks 76th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 82.0, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Christian Taylor's GOAT Score?
- 82.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 76 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Christian Taylor rank all time?
- 640th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 76th within Athletics.
- Christian Taylor vs Cathy Freeman: who ranks higher?
- Cathy Freeman, on 82.6 against Christian Taylor's 82.0 — a margin of 0.6 points.