Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 66
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 0 | |
| 1969 | 1 | |
| 1970 | 2 | |
| 1971 | 1 | |
| 1972 | 2 | |
| 1973 | 1 | |
| 1974 | 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 Gunnar Larsson ranks #85 in Swimming
Gunnar Larsson ranks 85th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 847th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 66, Honours 82, 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 1968–1974 with 7 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1970, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic gold medals 2, european championship golds 4, world records 3, olympic finals 4.
Immediately ahead sits David Wilkie on 81.6, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Sun Yang on 81.4. 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.
Gunnar Larsson GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Larsson stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1970. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity66/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 6 years of competition and 7 recorded seasons. Scored 66/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Larsson comparisons
Gunnar Larsson — frequently asked
- Is Gunnar Larsson the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Gunnar Larsson ranks 85th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 81.6, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Gunnar Larsson's GOAT Score?
- 81.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 66 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Gunnar Larsson rank all time?
- 847th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 85th within Swimming.
- Gunnar Larsson vs David Wilkie: who ranks higher?
- Gunnar Larsson, on 81.6 against David Wilkie's 81.6 — a margin of 0.0 points.