Category profile
- Dominance
- 72
- Peak
- 84
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 74
- Statistics
- 76
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 70 | |
| 1993 | 76 | |
| 1994 | 84 | |
| 1995 | 88 | |
| 1996 | 92 | |
| 1997 | 86 | |
| 1998 | 84 | |
| 1999 | 86 | |
| 2000 | 88 | |
| 2001 | 80 | |
| 2002 | 74 | |
| 2003 | 68 | |
| 2004 | 62 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- International Swimming Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Gustavo Borges ranks #228 in Swimming
Gustavo Borges ranks 228th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 2253rd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 77.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 72, Peak 84, Longevity 84, Honours 74, Statistics 76. 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 1992–2004 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1996, which sets the Peak component at 84. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 84 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic medals 4, olympic games contested 4, short course world titles 4, pan american golds 6.
Immediately ahead sits Marie-Thérèse Armentero on 77.9, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Sophie Angus on 77.8. 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.
Gustavo Borges GOAT Score explained
- Dominance72/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Borges stood above the field while competing. Scored 72/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak84/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1996. Scored 84/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours74/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 74/100.
- Statistics76/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 76/100.
Top Borges comparisons
Gustavo Borges — frequently asked
- Is Gustavo Borges the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Gustavo Borges ranks 228th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 77.8, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Gustavo Borges's GOAT Score?
- 77.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 72 (25%), Peak 84 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 74 (20%), Statistics 76 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Gustavo Borges rank all time?
- 2253rd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 228th within Swimming.
- Gustavo Borges vs Marie-Thérèse Armentero: who ranks higher?
- Marie-Thérèse Armentero, on 77.9 against Gustavo Borges's 77.8 — a margin of 0.1 points.