Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 64 | |
| 2013 | 88 | |
| 2014 | 82 | |
| 2015 | 84 | |
| 2016 | 86 | |
| 2017 | 88 | |
| 2018 | 90 | |
| 2019 | 94 | |
| 2020 | 78 | |
| 2021 | 82 | |
| 2022 | 86 | |
| 2023 | 84 | |
| 2024 | 80 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- International Swimming Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Daiya Seto ranks #112 in Swimming
Daiya Seto ranks 112th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 1228th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 88, Longevity 82, Honours 82, Statistics 82. 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 2012–present with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2019, 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 world championship golds 5, short course world titles 8, olympic medals 1, asian games golds 3.
Immediately ahead sits Pan Zhanle on 82.8, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Mike Bruner on 82.6. 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.
Daiya Seto GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Seto 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 2019. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Seto comparisons
Daiya Seto — frequently asked
- Is Daiya Seto the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Daiya Seto ranks 112th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 82.7, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Daiya Seto's GOAT Score?
- 82.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Daiya Seto rank all time?
- 1228th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 112th within Swimming.
- Daiya Seto vs Pan Zhanle: who ranks higher?
- Pan Zhanle, on 82.8 against Daiya Seto's 82.7 — a margin of 0.1 points.