Category profile
- Dominance
- 70
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 70
- Honours
- 76
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 123 | |
| 1990 | 121.8 | |
| 1991 | 121 | |
| 1992 | 120.28 | |
| 1993 | 120.9 | |
| 1994 | 121.5 | |
| 1995 | 122.2 |
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 Greg Burgess ranks #118 in Swimming
Greg Burgess ranks 118th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 1446th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 76.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 70, Peak 86, Longevity 70, Honours 76, Statistics 84. 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 1988–1996 with 7 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1989, which sets the Peak component at 86. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 86 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic medals 1, world short-course golds 1, ncaa titles 5, 200 m medley best 120.28.
Immediately ahead sits Kim Busch on 76.8, a gap of 0.3 points. Directly behind is Randall Bal on 76.4. 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.
Greg Burgess GOAT Score explained
- Dominance70/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Burgess stood above the field while competing. Scored 70/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1989. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity70/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 8 years of competition and 7 recorded seasons. Scored 70/100.
- Honours76/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 76/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Burgess comparisons
Greg Burgess — frequently asked
- Is Greg Burgess the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Greg Burgess ranks 118th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 76.5, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Greg Burgess's GOAT Score?
- 76.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 70 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 70 (20%), Honours 76 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Greg Burgess rank all time?
- 1446th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 118th within Swimming.
- Greg Burgess vs Kim Busch: who ranks higher?
- Kim Busch, on 76.8 against Greg Burgess's 76.5 — a margin of 0.3 points.