Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 62 | |
| 1987 | 72 | |
| 1988 | 86 | |
| 1989 | 84 | |
| 1990 | 88 | |
| 1991 | 90 | |
| 1992 | 88 | |
| 1993 | 98 | |
| 1994 | 90 | |
| 1995 | 86 | |
| 1996 | 88 | |
| 1997 | 84 | |
| 1998 | 92 | |
| 1999 | 86 | |
| 2000 | 82 | |
| 2001 | 88 | |
| 2002 | 80 | |
| 2003 | 74 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- European Athletics
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Colin Jackson ranks #56 in Athletics
Colin Jackson ranks 56th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 553rd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 88, Honours 84, Statistics 88. Those categories are normalised against the full Athletics reference universe of 308 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1986–2003 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1993, 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 2, olympic silver medals 1, european championship golds 4, world indoor golds 2.
Immediately ahead sits Tatyana Lebedeva on 87.5, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Jonathan Edwards on 87.4. 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.
Colin Jackson GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Jackson stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1993. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Jackson comparisons
Colin Jackson — frequently asked
- Is Colin Jackson the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Colin Jackson ranks 56th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 87.5, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Colin Jackson's GOAT Score?
- 87.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Colin Jackson rank all time?
- 553rd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 56th within Athletics.
- Colin Jackson vs Tatyana Lebedeva: who ranks higher?
- Colin Jackson, on 87.5 against Tatyana Lebedeva's 87.5 — a margin of 0.0 points.