Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 3 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- IOC
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Emma McKeon ranks #15 in Swimming
Emma McKeon ranks 15th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 289th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 78, Honours 90, Statistics 90. Those categories are normalised against the full Swimming reference universe of 288 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 2012–2024 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2020, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic golds 6, olympic medals 14, world championship medals 20, commonwealth golds 11.
Immediately ahead sits Vladimir Salnikov on 87.1, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Leisel Jones on 85.8. 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.
Emma McKeon GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far McKeon stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2020. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top McKeon comparisons
Emma McKeon — frequently asked
- Is Emma McKeon the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Emma McKeon ranks 15th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 87.0, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Emma McKeon's GOAT Score?
- 87.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Emma McKeon rank all time?
- 289th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 15th within Swimming.
- Emma McKeon vs Vladimir Salnikov: who ranks higher?
- Vladimir Salnikov, on 87.1 against Emma McKeon's 87.0 — a margin of 0.1 points.