Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | |
| 1977 | 1 | |
| 1978 | 2 | |
| 1979 | 2 | |
| 1980 | 1 | |
| 1981 | 2 | |
| 1982 | 2 | |
| 1983 | 2 | |
| 1984 | 3 | |
| 1985 | 1 | |
| 1986 | 1 | |
| 1987 | 1 | |
| 1988 | 2 | |
| 1989 | 1 | |
| 1990 | 1 | |
| 1991 | 1 | |
| 1992 | 1 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- IOC results
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Evelyn Ashford ranks #26 in Athletics
Evelyn Ashford ranks 26th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 152nd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 92, Longevity 88, Honours 90, Statistics 90. Those categories are normalised against the full Athletics reference universe of 313 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1976–1992 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1984, 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 gold medals 4, olympic medals 5, world records 2, 100 m personal best 10.76.
Immediately ahead sits Robert Korzeniowski on 89.7, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Florence Griffith Joyner on 85.5. 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.
Evelyn Ashford GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ashford stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1984. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- 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 Ashford comparisons
Evelyn Ashford — frequently asked
- Is Evelyn Ashford the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Evelyn Ashford ranks 26th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 89.5, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Evelyn Ashford's GOAT Score?
- 89.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Evelyn Ashford rank all time?
- 152nd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 26th within Athletics.
- Evelyn Ashford vs Robert Korzeniowski: who ranks higher?
- Robert Korzeniowski, on 89.7 against Evelyn Ashford's 89.5 — a margin of 0.2 points.