Category profile
- Dominance
- 92
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1938 | 2 | |
| 1939 | 1 | |
| 1940 | 2 | |
| 1941 | 3 | |
| 1942 | 2 | |
| 1943 | 3 | |
| 1944 | 2 | |
| 1945 | 4 | |
| 1946 | 4 | |
| 1947 | 2 | |
| 1948 | 1 | |
| 1949 | 1 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- IOC
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Fanny Blankers-Koen ranks #18 in Athletics
Fanny Blankers-Koen ranks 18th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 113th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 92, Peak 96, Longevity 84, Honours 90, Statistics 90. 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 1935–1955 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1945, which sets the Peak component at 96. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic golds 4, european golds 5, world records 12, dutch titles 58.
Immediately ahead sits Javier Sotomayor on 89.9, a gap of -0.6 points. Directly behind is Stefka Kostadinova on 89.9. 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.
Fanny Blankers-Koen GOAT Score explained
- Dominance92/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Blankers-Koen stood above the field while competing. Scored 92/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1945. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- 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 Blankers-Koen comparisons
Fanny Blankers-Koen — frequently asked
- Is Fanny Blankers-Koen the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Fanny Blankers-Koen ranks 18th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 90.5, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Fanny Blankers-Koen's GOAT Score?
- 90.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 92 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Fanny Blankers-Koen rank all time?
- 113th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 18th within Athletics.
- Fanny Blankers-Koen vs Javier Sotomayor: who ranks higher?
- Fanny Blankers-Koen, on 90.5 against Javier Sotomayor's 89.9 — a margin of 0.6 points.