Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 66
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 2 | |
| 1922 | 4 | |
| 1923 | 5 | |
| 1924 | 3 | |
| 1925 | 2 | |
| 1926 | 4 | |
| 1927 | 1 | |
| 1928 | 1 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- IOC results
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Gertrude Ederle ranks #58 in Swimming
Gertrude Ederle ranks 58th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 600th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 96, Longevity 66, Honours 82, Statistics 88. 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 1921–1928 with 8 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1923, which sets the Peak component at 96. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic gold medals 1, olympic bronze medals 2, world records set 29, english channel crossings 1.
Immediately ahead sits Anthony Ervin on 84.0, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Laure Manaudou on 83.9. 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.
Gertrude Ederle GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ederle stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1923. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity66/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 7 years of competition and 8 recorded seasons. Scored 66/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Ederle comparisons
Gertrude Ederle — frequently asked
- Is Gertrude Ederle the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Gertrude Ederle ranks 58th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 84.0, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Gertrude Ederle's GOAT Score?
- 84.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 66 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Gertrude Ederle rank all time?
- 600th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 58th within Swimming.
- Gertrude Ederle vs Anthony Ervin: who ranks higher?
- Gertrude Ederle, on 84.0 against Anthony Ervin's 84.0 — a margin of 0.0 points.