Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 66
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 1 | |
| 1941 | 3 | |
| 1942 | 10 | |
| 1943 | 2 | |
| 1944 | 3 | |
| 1945 | 2 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- IOC results
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Gunder Hägg ranks #128 in Athletics
Gunder Hägg ranks 128th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 808th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 96, Longevity 66, Honours 80, Statistics 92. Those categories are normalised against the full Athletics reference universe of 313 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1940–1945 with 6 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1942, 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 world records 15, mile world record 4.01, swedish titles 8, world records in 1942 10.
Immediately ahead sits Selemon Barega on 84.8, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Peter Snell on 84.5. 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.
Gunder Hägg GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Hägg stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1942. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity66/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 5 years of competition and 6 recorded seasons. Scored 66/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Hägg comparisons
Gunder Hägg — frequently asked
- Is Gunder Hägg the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Gunder Hägg ranks 128th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 84.7, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Gunder Hägg's GOAT Score?
- 84.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 66 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Gunder Hägg rank all time?
- 808th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 128th within Athletics.
- Gunder Hägg vs Selemon Barega: who ranks higher?
- Selemon Barega, on 84.8 against Gunder Hägg's 84.7 — a margin of 0.1 points.