Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 119.9 | |
| 1993 | 119.6 | |
| 1994 | 119.2 | |
| 1995 | 120 | |
| 1996 | 120.4 | |
| 1997 | 121 | |
| 1998 | 120.2 | |
| 1999 | 119.8 | |
| 2000 | 119.4 | |
| 2001 | 119 | |
| 2002 | 118 | |
| 2003 | 118.6 | |
| 2004 | 119.1 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- Swimming World
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Franziska van Almsick ranks #16 in Swimming
Franziska van Almsick ranks 16th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 176th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 94, Longevity 84, Honours 88, Statistics 92. 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 1991–2004 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1997, 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 medals 10, world championship golds 3, european titles 18, 200 m freestyle world records 2.
Immediately ahead sits Alexander Popov on 88.0, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Yana Klochkova on 87.9. 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.
Franziska van Almsick GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Van Almsick stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1997. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Van Almsick comparisons
Franziska van Almsick — frequently asked
- Is Franziska van Almsick the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Franziska van Almsick ranks 16th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 88.0, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Franziska van Almsick's GOAT Score?
- 88.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Franziska van Almsick rank all time?
- 176th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 16th within Swimming.
- Franziska van Almsick vs Alexander Popov: who ranks higher?
- Franziska van Almsick, on 88.0 against Alexander Popov's 88.0 — a margin of 0.0 points.