Category profile
- Dominance
- 76
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 50 | |
| 2006 | 58 | |
| 2007 | 68 | |
| 2008 | 96 | |
| 2009 | 80 | |
| 2010 | 82 | |
| 2011 | 84 | |
| 2012 | 86 | |
| 2013 | 88 | |
| 2014 | 90 | |
| 2015 | 92 | |
| 2016 | 88 | |
| 2017 | 86 | |
| 2018 | 84 | |
| 2019 | 80 | |
| 2020 | 76 | |
| 2021 | 72 | |
| 2022 | 68 | |
| 2023 | 64 | |
| 2024 | 60 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- European Aquatics
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Femke Heemskerk ranks #88 in Swimming
Femke Heemskerk ranks 88th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 1052nd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 76, Peak 86, Longevity 92, Honours 84, Statistics 82. Those categories are normalised against the full Swimming reference universe of 289 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 2005–present with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2008, which sets the Peak component at 86. Longevity 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 1, world championship medals 10, european titles 12, short course world titles 6.
Immediately ahead sits Yuri Bashkatov on 83.8, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Beatrice Câșlaru on 83.7. 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.
Femke Heemskerk GOAT Score explained
- Dominance76/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Heemskerk stood above the field while competing. Scored 76/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2008. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Heemskerk comparisons
Femke Heemskerk — frequently asked
- Is Femke Heemskerk the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Femke Heemskerk ranks 88th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 83.7, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Femke Heemskerk's GOAT Score?
- 83.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 76 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Femke Heemskerk rank all time?
- 1052nd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 88th within Swimming.
- Femke Heemskerk vs Yuri Bashkatov: who ranks higher?
- Yuri Bashkatov, on 83.8 against Femke Heemskerk's 83.7 — a margin of 0.1 points.