Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 62 | |
| 1957 | 61.5 | |
| 1958 | 60.6 | |
| 1959 | 60.2 | |
| 1960 | 59.9 | |
| 1961 | 59.5 | |
| 1962 | 59.1 | |
| 1963 | 58.9 | |
| 1964 | 58.9 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Dawn Fraser ranks #17 in Swimming
Dawn Fraser ranks 17th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 317th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 92, Longevity 78, Honours 88, Statistics 88. Those categories are normalised against the full Swimming reference universe of 288 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1955–1964 with 9 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1956, 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 olympic golds 4, olympic medals 8, world records 39, consecutive olympic titles 3.
Immediately ahead sits Leisel Jones on 85.8, a gap of -1.0 points. Directly behind is Kosuke Kitajima on 85.5. 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.
Dawn Fraser GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Fraser stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1956. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 9 years of competition and 9 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Fraser comparisons
Dawn Fraser — frequently asked
- Is Dawn Fraser the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Dawn Fraser ranks 17th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 86.8, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Dawn Fraser's GOAT Score?
- 86.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Dawn Fraser rank all time?
- 317th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 17th within Swimming.
- Dawn Fraser vs Leisel Jones: who ranks higher?
- Dawn Fraser, on 86.8 against Leisel Jones's 85.8 — a margin of 1.0 points.