Olympic golds
2
World Championship golds
4
World records
27
10,000 m best (s)
1,565.1
Marathon best (s)
7,439
Major marathon wins
8
Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 94
- Honours
- 91
- Statistics
- 93
Career timeline · Form index per season
Editorial season form index (0–100), not raw goals or points. Raw season-by-season statistics are shown only where fully verified.
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1589 | |
| 1994 | 1580 | |
| 1995 | 1571 | |
| 1996 | 1568 | |
| 1997 | 1566 | |
| 1998 | 1565.11 | |
| 1999 | 1570 | |
| 2000 | 1573 | |
| 2001 | 1580 | |
| 2002 | 7600 | |
| 2003 | 7495 | |
| 2004 | 7439 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- Olympics.com
Last verified: 2026-09-14
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Haile Gebrselassie ranks #7 in Athletics
Haile Gebrselassie ranks #7 in Athletics and #266 of 5087 across all sports. The verified GOAT Score is 91.9/100.
The verified career covers 1992–2015 and 12 documented seasons. Peak is 92/100, with Longevity the strongest category at 94/100 (20% weight). Key metrics: Olympic golds 2, World Championship golds 4, World records 27, 10,000 m best (s) 1565.11.
Nearest context: ahead Eliud Kipchoge (92.0); behind Yuriy Sedykh (91.5). Rankings update whenever verified records change.
Haile Gebrselassie GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Dominance: 90/100, based on the verified career record.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Peak: 92/100, based on the verified career record.
- Longevity94/100 · weight 20%
- Longevity: 94/100, based on the verified career record.
- Honours91/100 · weight 20%
- Honours: 91/100, based on the verified career record.
- Statistics93/100 · weight 15%
- Statistics: 93/100, based on the verified career record.
Top Gebrselassie comparisons
Haile Gebrselassie — frequently asked
- Is Haile Gebrselassie the GOAT?
- According to GOAT Rank's current data model, Haile Gebrselassie ranks #7 in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 91.9/100, behind Usain Bolt (93.2).
- What is Haile Gebrselassie's GOAT Score?
- 91.9/100, calculated from the verified career record: Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 94 (20%), Honours 91 (20%), Statistics 93 (15%).
- Where does Haile Gebrselassie rank all time?
- #266 of 5087 eligible athletes across all sports and #7 in Athletics.
- Haile Gebrselassie vs Eliud Kipchoge: who ranks higher?
- Eliud Kipchoge ranks higher at 92.0 versus Haile Gebrselassie at 91.9, a margin of 0.1 points.