Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 66
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 70 | |
| 2012 | 84 | |
| 2013 | 92 | |
| 2014 | 98 | |
| 2015 | 76 | |
| 2016 | 66 | |
| 2017 | 58 |
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 Dennis Kimetto ranks #249 in Athletics
Dennis Kimetto ranks 249th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 2376th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 79.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 92, Longevity 66, Honours 78, Statistics 84. 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 2011–2017 with 7 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2014, 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 world record marathon 2.0257, world marathon majors wins 2, berlin marathon wins 1, chicago marathon wins 1.
Immediately ahead sits Femke Bol on 78.1, a gap of -1.7 points. Directly behind is Antoine Adams on 78.1. 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.
Dennis Kimetto GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Kimetto stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2014. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity66/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 6 years of competition and 7 recorded seasons. Scored 66/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
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Dennis Kimetto — frequently asked
- Is Dennis Kimetto the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Dennis Kimetto ranks 249th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 79.8, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Dennis Kimetto's GOAT Score?
- 79.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 66 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Dennis Kimetto rank all time?
- 2376th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 249th within Athletics.
- Dennis Kimetto vs Femke Bol: who ranks higher?
- Dennis Kimetto, on 79.8 against Femke Bol's 78.1 — a margin of 1.7 points.