Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 50 | |
| 1981 | 57 | |
| 1982 | 65 | |
| 1983 | 72 | |
| 1984 | 79 | |
| 1985 | 87 | |
| 1986 | 94 | |
| 1987 | 86 | |
| 1988 | 78 | |
| 1989 | 70 | |
| 1990 | 61 | |
| 1991 | 53 | |
| 1992 | 45 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics results database
- Olympedia
- National federation records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Conny van Bentum ranks #73 in Swimming
Conny van Bentum ranks 73rd among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 934th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 88, Longevity 84, Honours 84, Statistics 88. 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 1980–1992 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1986, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic medals 1, european championship medals 5, olympic appearances 4, world championship medals 2.
Immediately ahead sits Debbie Meyer on 84.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Pieter van den Hoogenband on 84.3. 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.
Conny van Bentum GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far van Bentum stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1986. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- 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 van Bentum comparisons
Conny van Bentum — frequently asked
- Is Conny van Bentum the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Conny van Bentum ranks 73rd in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 84.4, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Conny van Bentum's GOAT Score?
- 84.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Conny van Bentum rank all time?
- 934th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 73rd within Swimming.
- Conny van Bentum vs Debbie Meyer: who ranks higher?
- Conny van Bentum, on 84.4 against Debbie Meyer's 84.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.