Category profile
- Dominance
- 94
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 47.63 | |
| 1977 | 47.45 | |
| 1978 | 47.45 | |
| 1979 | 47.53 | |
| 1980 | 47.13 | |
| 1981 | 47.14 | |
| 1982 | 47.02 | |
| 1983 | 47.37 | |
| 1984 | 47.75 | |
| 1985 | 47.32 | |
| 1986 | 47.38 | |
| 1987 | 47.46 | |
| 1988 | 47.56 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Edwin Moses ranks #38 in Athletics
Edwin Moses ranks 38th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 255th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 91.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 94, Peak 94, Longevity 86, Honours 90, Statistics 92. 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 1976–1988 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1984, which sets the Peak component at 94. Dominance is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 25% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic golds 2, world championship golds 2, win streak 122, world records 4.
Immediately ahead sits Sanya Richards-Ross on 87.5, a gap of -3.8 points. Directly behind is Justin Gatlin on 85.6. 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.
Edwin Moses GOAT Score explained
- Dominance94/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Moses stood above the field while competing. Scored 94/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1984. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Moses comparisons
Edwin Moses — frequently asked
- Is Edwin Moses the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Edwin Moses ranks 38th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 91.3, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Edwin Moses's GOAT Score?
- 91.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 94 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Edwin Moses rank all time?
- 255th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 38th within Athletics.
- Edwin Moses vs Sanya Richards-Ross: who ranks higher?
- Edwin Moses, on 91.3 against Sanya Richards-Ross's 87.5 — a margin of 3.8 points.