Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 80
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 55 | |
| 1993 | 62 | |
| 1994 | 70 | |
| 1995 | 76 | |
| 1996 | 84 | |
| 1997 | 86 | |
| 1998 | 90 | |
| 1999 | 88 | |
| 2000 | 96 | |
| 2001 | 80 | |
| 2002 | 74 | |
| 2003 | 68 | |
| 2004 | 60 | |
| 2005 | 55 |
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 Denise Lewis ranks #289 in Athletics
Denise Lewis ranks 289th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 3533rd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 80, Honours 82, Statistics 80. 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 1992–2005 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2000, 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 medals 2, world championship medals 2, commonwealth games golds 2.
Immediately ahead sits Katarina Johnson-Thompson on 82.8, a gap of 0.4 points. Directly behind is Roman Šebrle on 82.2. 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.
Denise Lewis GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Lewis stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2000. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics80/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 80/100.
Top Lewis comparisons
Denise Lewis — frequently asked
- Is Denise Lewis the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Denise Lewis ranks 289th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 82.4, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Denise Lewis's GOAT Score?
- 82.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 80 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Denise Lewis rank all time?
- 3533rd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 289th within Athletics.
- Denise Lewis vs Katarina Johnson-Thompson: who ranks higher?
- Katarina Johnson-Thompson, on 82.8 against Denise Lewis's 82.4 — a margin of 0.4 points.