Category profile
- Dominance
- 72
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 62
- Honours
- 76
- Statistics
- 74
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 66 | |
| 1977 | 74 | |
| 1978 | 82 | |
| 1979 | 88 | |
| 1980 | 96 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- International Swimming Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Duncan Goodhew ranks #260 in Swimming
Duncan Goodhew ranks 260th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 2882nd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 73.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 72, Peak 86, Longevity 62, Honours 76, Statistics 74. Those categories are normalised against the full Swimming reference universe of 289 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1976–1980 with 5 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1980, which sets the Peak component at 86. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 86 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic gold medals 1, olympic medals 2, commonwealth games medals 2, british titles 6.
Immediately ahead sits Örn Arnarson on 74.0, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Michael Andrew on 73.4. 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.
Duncan Goodhew GOAT Score explained
- Dominance72/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Goodhew stood above the field while competing. Scored 72/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1980. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity62/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 4 years of competition and 5 recorded seasons. Scored 62/100.
- Honours76/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 76/100.
- Statistics74/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 74/100.
Top Goodhew comparisons
Duncan Goodhew — frequently asked
- Is Duncan Goodhew the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Duncan Goodhew ranks 260th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 73.9, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Duncan Goodhew's GOAT Score?
- 73.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 72 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 62 (20%), Honours 76 (20%), Statistics 74 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Duncan Goodhew rank all time?
- 2882nd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 260th within Swimming.
- Duncan Goodhew vs Örn Arnarson: who ranks higher?
- Örn Arnarson, on 74.0 against Duncan Goodhew's 73.9 — a margin of 0.1 points.