Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 4 | |
| 1999 | 6 | |
| 2000 | 5 | |
| 2001 | 4 | |
| 2002 | 5 | |
| 2003 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 1 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- IOC
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Inge de Bruijn ranks #8 in Swimming
Inge de Bruijn ranks 8th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 99th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 96, Longevity 80, Honours 90, Statistics 92. 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 1991–2007 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1999, 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 olympic golds 4, olympic medals 8, world championship golds 5, world records set 11.
Immediately ahead sits Roland Matthes on 89.6, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Natalie Coughlin on 89.4. 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.
Inge de Bruijn GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far De Bruijn stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1999. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top De Bruijn comparisons
Inge de Bruijn — frequently asked
- Is Inge de Bruijn the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Inge de Bruijn ranks 8th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 89.5, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Inge de Bruijn's GOAT Score?
- 89.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Inge de Bruijn rank all time?
- 99th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 8th within Swimming.
- Inge de Bruijn vs Roland Matthes: who ranks higher?
- Roland Matthes, on 89.6 against Inge de Bruijn's 89.5 — a margin of 0.1 points.