Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 40 | |
| 1994 | 50 | |
| 1995 | 59 | |
| 1996 | 69 | |
| 1997 | 78 | |
| 1998 | 88 | |
| 1999 | 97 | |
| 2000 | 90 | |
| 2001 | 84 | |
| 2002 | 77 | |
| 2003 | 70 | |
| 2004 | 64 | |
| 2005 | 57 | |
| 2006 | 50 | |
| 2007 | 43 | |
| 2008 | 37 | |
| 2009 | 30 |
Data sources
- World Athletics records
- Olympedia
- Track and Field Statistics
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Eunice Barber ranks #282 in Athletics
Eunice Barber ranks 282nd among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 3173rd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 94, Longevity 82, Honours 88, Statistics 88. 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 1993–2009 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1999, 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 world championship titles 2, world championship medals 5, heptathlon personal best 6889, long jump personal best in centimetres 712.
Immediately ahead sits Trevor Bassitt on 71.6, a gap of -15.9 points. Directly behind is Yang Chuan-kwang on 87.0. 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.
Eunice Barber GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Barber stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1999. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Barber comparisons
Eunice Barber — frequently asked
- Is Eunice Barber the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Eunice Barber ranks 282nd in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 87.5, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Eunice Barber's GOAT Score?
- 87.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Eunice Barber rank all time?
- 3173rd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 282nd within Athletics.
- Eunice Barber vs Trevor Bassitt: who ranks higher?
- Eunice Barber, on 87.5 against Trevor Bassitt's 71.6 — a margin of 15.9 points.