Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 40 | |
| 1986 | 51 | |
| 1987 | 62 | |
| 1988 | 73 | |
| 1989 | 84 | |
| 1990 | 95 | |
| 1991 | 72 | |
| 1992 | 48 | |
| 1993 | 25 |
Data sources
- World Athletics records
- Olympedia
- European Athletics archives
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Derek Redmond ranks #170 in Athletics
Derek Redmond ranks 170th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 1474th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 74, Honours 84, 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 1985–1993 with 9 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1990, 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 world championship titles 1, european relay titles 1, commonwealth relay titles 1, british records set 2.
Immediately ahead sits Adrián Annus on 82.3, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Marina Azyabina 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.
Derek Redmond GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Redmond 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 1990. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 8 years of competition and 9 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Redmond comparisons
Derek Redmond — frequently asked
- Is Derek Redmond the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Derek Redmond ranks 170th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 82.2, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Derek Redmond's GOAT Score?
- 82.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Derek Redmond rank all time?
- 1474th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 170th within Athletics.
- Derek Redmond vs Adrián Annus: who ranks higher?
- Adrián Annus, on 82.3 against Derek Redmond's 82.2 — a margin of 0.1 points.