Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 45 | |
| 1988 | 55 | |
| 1989 | 65 | |
| 1990 | 76 | |
| 1991 | 86 | |
| 1992 | 96 | |
| 1993 | 91 | |
| 1994 | 85 | |
| 1995 | 80 | |
| 1996 | 74 | |
| 1997 | 69 | |
| 1998 | 63 | |
| 1999 | 58 | |
| 2000 | 52 | |
| 2001 | 47 | |
| 2002 | 41 | |
| 2003 | 36 | |
| 2004 | 30 |
Data sources
- World Athletics records
- Olympedia
- Track and Field Statistics
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Igor Astapkovich ranks #62 in Athletics
Igor Astapkovich ranks 62nd among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 586th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 88, Honours 84, Statistics 90. Those categories are normalised against the full Athletics reference universe of 308 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1987–2004 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1992, 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 world championship titles 1, olympic medals 2, personal best in centimetres 8462, european championship titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Nourredine Morceli on 89.1, a gap of 1.8 points. Directly behind is Heike Drechsler on 87.2. 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.
Igor Astapkovich GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Astapkovich stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1992. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Astapkovich comparisons
Igor Astapkovich — frequently asked
- Is Igor Astapkovich the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Igor Astapkovich ranks 62nd in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 87.3, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Igor Astapkovich's GOAT Score?
- 87.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Igor Astapkovich rank all time?
- 586th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 62nd within Athletics.
- Igor Astapkovich vs Nourredine Morceli: who ranks higher?
- Nourredine Morceli, on 89.1 against Igor Astapkovich's 87.3 — a margin of 1.8 points.