Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 76
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 50 | |
| 2016 | 59 | |
| 2017 | 67 | |
| 2018 | 76 | |
| 2019 | 84 | |
| 2020 | 93 | |
| 2021 | 91 | |
| 2022 | 89 | |
| 2023 | 87 | |
| 2024 | 84 | |
| 2025 | 82 | |
| 2026 | 80 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics results database
- Olympedia
- National federation records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Grant Brits ranks #126 in Swimming
Grant Brits ranks 126th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 1362nd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 88, Longevity 76, Honours 84, Statistics 86. 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 2015–present with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2020, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic medals 1, world championship gold medals 1, commonwealth games medals 2, australian titles 4.
Immediately ahead sits Mike Burton on 82.0, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Missy Franklin on 81.8. 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.
Grant Brits GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Brits stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2020. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity76/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 11 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 76/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Brits comparisons
Grant Brits — frequently asked
- Is Grant Brits the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Grant Brits ranks 126th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 82.0, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Grant Brits's GOAT Score?
- 82.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 76 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Grant Brits rank all time?
- 1362nd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 126th within Swimming.
- Grant Brits vs Mike Burton: who ranks higher?
- Grant Brits, on 82.0 against Mike Burton's 82.0 — a margin of 0.0 points.