Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 3 | |
| 1992 | 6 | |
| 1993 | 4 | |
| 1994 | 3 | |
| 1995 | 5 | |
| 1996 | 4 | |
| 1997 | 6 | |
| 1998 | 5 | |
| 1999 | 4 | |
| 2000 | 7 | |
| 2001 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 4 | |
| 2003 | 5 | |
| 2004 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 2 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- IOC
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Derartu Tulu ranks #23 in Athletics
Derartu Tulu ranks 23rd among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 148th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 88, Honours 88, Statistics 88. Those categories are normalised against the full Athletics reference universe of 309 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1989–2013 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2000, 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 2, world championship golds 1, olympic medals 3, world cross country titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Robert Korzeniowski on 89.7, a gap of 1.4 points. Directly behind is Heike Drechsler on 87.2. 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.
Derartu Tulu GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Tulu stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2000. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 24 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- 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 Tulu comparisons
Derartu Tulu — frequently asked
- Is Derartu Tulu the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Derartu Tulu ranks 23rd in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 88.3, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Derartu Tulu's GOAT Score?
- 88.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Derartu Tulu rank all time?
- 148th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 23rd within Athletics.
- Derartu Tulu vs Robert Korzeniowski: who ranks higher?
- Robert Korzeniowski, on 89.7 against Derartu Tulu's 88.3 — a margin of 1.4 points.