Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 212.37 | |
| 1996 | 209.05 | |
| 1997 | 207.37 | |
| 1998 | 206 | |
| 1999 | 208 | |
| 2000 | 209.07 | |
| 2001 | 209.3 | |
| 2002 | 210.1 | |
| 2003 | 211.2 | |
| 2004 | 212 |
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 Hicham El Guerrouj ranks #36 in Athletics
Hicham El Guerrouj ranks 36th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 233rd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 94, Longevity 80, 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 1992–2006 with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1995, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic golds 2, world championship golds 4, world records 3, 1500 m world record 206.
Immediately ahead sits Rosa Mota on 88.4, a gap of -0.7 points. Directly behind is Sanya Richards-Ross on 87.5. 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.
Hicham El Guerrouj GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far El Guerrouj stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1995. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- 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 El Guerrouj comparisons
Hicham El Guerrouj — frequently asked
- Is Hicham El Guerrouj the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Hicham El Guerrouj ranks 36th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 89.1, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Hicham El Guerrouj's GOAT Score?
- 89.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Hicham El Guerrouj rank all time?
- 233rd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 36th within Athletics.
- Hicham El Guerrouj vs Rosa Mota: who ranks higher?
- Hicham El Guerrouj, on 89.1 against Rosa Mota's 88.4 — a margin of 0.7 points.