Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 239 | |
| 2015 | 237.1 | |
| 2016 | 234.85 | |
| 2017 | 236 | |
| 2018 | 232.64 | |
| 2019 | 231.37 | |
| 2020 | 229.68 | |
| 2021 | 213.11 | |
| 2022 | 210.75 | |
| 2023 | 209.63 | |
| 2024 | 210.2 |
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 Faith Kipyegon ranks #28 in Athletics
Faith Kipyegon ranks 28th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 181st of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 94, Longevity 82, 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 2010–present with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2014, 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 3, world championship golds 3, world records 3, 1500 m world record (s) 209.63.
Immediately ahead sits Meseret Defar on 88.3, a gap of -1.2 points. Directly behind is Emil Zátopek on 89.4. 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.
Faith Kipyegon GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Kipyegon 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 2014. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- 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 Kipyegon comparisons
Faith Kipyegon — frequently asked
- Is Faith Kipyegon the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Faith Kipyegon ranks 28th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 89.5, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Faith Kipyegon's GOAT Score?
- 89.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Faith Kipyegon rank all time?
- 181st of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 28th within Athletics.
- Faith Kipyegon vs Meseret Defar: who ranks higher?
- Faith Kipyegon, on 89.5 against Meseret Defar's 88.3 — a margin of 1.2 points.