Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 72 | |
| 1991 | 82 | |
| 1992 | 92 | |
| 1993 | 94 | |
| 1994 | 86 | |
| 1995 | 88 | |
| 1996 | 96 | |
| 1997 | 84 | |
| 1998 | 80 | |
| 1999 | 78 | |
| 2000 | 74 | |
| 2001 | 70 | |
| 2002 | 64 | |
| 2003 | 60 | |
| 2004 | 55 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- European Athletics
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Frank Fredericks ranks #146 in Athletics
Frank Fredericks ranks 146th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 1245th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 84, Honours 80, Statistics 84. 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 1990–2004 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1996, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic silver medals 4, world championship golds 1, world indoor golds 1, personal best 100 m 9.86.
Immediately ahead sits Valerie Brisco-Hooks on 83.5, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Ingrid Auerswald on 83.3. 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.
Frank Fredericks GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Fredericks stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1996. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Fredericks comparisons
Frank Fredericks — frequently asked
- Is Frank Fredericks the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Frank Fredericks ranks 146th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 83.4, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Frank Fredericks's GOAT Score?
- 83.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Frank Fredericks rank all time?
- 1245th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 146th within Athletics.
- Frank Fredericks vs Valerie Brisco-Hooks: who ranks higher?
- Valerie Brisco-Hooks, on 83.5 against Frank Fredericks's 83.4 — a margin of 0.1 points.