Category profile
- Dominance
- 72
- Peak
- 84
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 74
- Statistics
- 76
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 56 | |
| 2012 | 60 | |
| 2013 | 66 | |
| 2014 | 70 | |
| 2015 | 72 | |
| 2016 | 76 | |
| 2017 | 78 | |
| 2018 | 80 | |
| 2019 | 84 | |
| 2020 | 82 | |
| 2021 | 86 | |
| 2022 | 96 | |
| 2023 | 78 | |
| 2024 | 74 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- European Athletics
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Eilish McColgan ranks #259 in Athletics
Eilish McColgan ranks 259th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 2644th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 76.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 72, Peak 84, Longevity 78, Honours 74, Statistics 76. 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 2011–present with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2022, which sets the Peak component at 84. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 84 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes commonwealth games golds 1, european championship golds 1, british records set 6, olympic games contested 3.
Immediately ahead sits Patrick Makau on 78.6, a gap of 2.0 points. Directly behind is Elvis Afrifa on 76.6. 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.
Eilish McColgan GOAT Score explained
- Dominance72/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far McColgan stood above the field while competing. Scored 72/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak84/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2022. Scored 84/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours74/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 74/100.
- Statistics76/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 76/100.
Top McColgan comparisons
Eilish McColgan — frequently asked
- Is Eilish McColgan the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Eilish McColgan ranks 259th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 76.6, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Eilish McColgan's GOAT Score?
- 76.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 72 (25%), Peak 84 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 74 (20%), Statistics 76 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Eilish McColgan rank all time?
- 2644th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 259th within Athletics.
- Eilish McColgan vs Patrick Makau: who ranks higher?
- Patrick Makau, on 78.6 against Eilish McColgan's 76.6 — a margin of 2.0 points.