Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 62 | |
| 2009 | 70 | |
| 2010 | 76 | |
| 2011 | 80 | |
| 2012 | 84 | |
| 2013 | 90 | |
| 2014 | 94 | |
| 2015 | 99 | |
| 2016 | 92 | |
| 2017 | 84 | |
| 2018 | 80 | |
| 2019 | 76 | |
| 2020 | 68 | |
| 2021 | 62 |
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 Genzebe Dibaba ranks #120 in Athletics
Genzebe Dibaba ranks 120th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 1073rd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 94, Longevity 80, Honours 84, Statistics 88. 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 2008–2021 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2015, 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 world record 1500 m 3.5007, world championship golds 1, world indoor golds 3, world records set 5.
Immediately ahead sits Mo Farah on 86.3, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Paula Radcliffe on 86.2. 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.
Genzebe Dibaba GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far G. Dibaba stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2015. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
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Genzebe Dibaba — frequently asked
- Is Genzebe Dibaba the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Genzebe Dibaba ranks 120th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 86.3, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Genzebe Dibaba's GOAT Score?
- 86.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Genzebe Dibaba rank all time?
- 1073rd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 120th within Athletics.
- Genzebe Dibaba vs Mo Farah: who ranks higher?
- Genzebe Dibaba, on 86.3 against Mo Farah's 86.3 — a margin of 0.0 points.