Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 70 | |
| 2017 | 76 | |
| 2018 | 84 | |
| 2019 | 88 | |
| 2020 | 86 | |
| 2021 | 96 | |
| 2022 | 88 | |
| 2023 | 90 | |
| 2024 | 92 |
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 Scott ranks #121 in Swimming
Duncan Scott ranks 121st among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 1296th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 88, Longevity 80, Honours 82, Statistics 82. 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 2016–present with 9 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2021, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic gold medals 2, olympic medals 8, world championship golds 3, commonwealth games golds 6.
Immediately ahead sits Petra Schneider on 82.3, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Thomas Ceccon 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.
Duncan Scott GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Scott stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2021. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 10 years of competition and 9 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Scott comparisons
Duncan Scott — frequently asked
- Is Duncan Scott the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Duncan Scott ranks 121st in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 82.3, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Duncan Scott's GOAT Score?
- 82.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Duncan Scott rank all time?
- 1296th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 121st within Swimming.
- Duncan Scott vs Petra Schneider: who ranks higher?
- Duncan Scott, on 82.3 against Petra Schneider's 82.3 — a margin of 0.0 points.