Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 68
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0 | |
| 1971 | 1 | |
| 1972 | 1 | |
| 1973 | 2 | |
| 1974 | 1 | |
| 1975 | 2 | |
| 1976 | 3 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- IOC results
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why David Wilkie ranks #84 in Swimming
David Wilkie ranks 84th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 846th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 68, Honours 82, Statistics 84. 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 1970–1976 with 7 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1976, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic gold medals 1, olympic silver medals 2, world championship golds 3, commonwealth golds 2.
Immediately ahead sits Enith Brigitha on 81.6, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Gunnar Larsson on 81.6. 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.
David Wilkie GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Wilkie stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1976. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity68/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 6 years of competition and 7 recorded seasons. Scored 68/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Wilkie comparisons
David Wilkie — frequently asked
- Is David Wilkie the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. David Wilkie ranks 84th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 81.6, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is David Wilkie's GOAT Score?
- 81.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 68 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does David Wilkie rank all time?
- 846th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 84th within Swimming.
- David Wilkie vs Enith Brigitha: who ranks higher?
- David Wilkie, on 81.6 against Enith Brigitha's 81.6 — a margin of 0.0 points.