Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 2 | |
| 1982 | 3 | |
| 1983 | 4 | |
| 1984 | 5 | |
| 1985 | 6 | |
| 1986 | 7 | |
| 1987 | 5 | |
| 1988 | 4 | |
| 1989 | 3 | |
| 1990 | 3 | |
| 1991 | 2 | |
| 1992 | 2 | |
| 1993 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 1 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- IOC
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ingrid Kristiansen ranks #32 in Athletics
Ingrid Kristiansen ranks 32nd among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 210th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 92, Longevity 84, Honours 84, Statistics 92. Those categories are normalised against the full Athletics reference universe of 309 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1977–1996 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1986, 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 records 4, world championship golds 1, london marathon wins 2, boston marathon wins 1.
Immediately ahead sits Grete Waitz on 88.3, a gap of 0.5 points. Directly behind is Daley Thompson on 88.0. 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.
Ingrid Kristiansen GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Kristiansen stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1986. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
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Ingrid Kristiansen — frequently asked
- Is Ingrid Kristiansen the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ingrid Kristiansen ranks 32nd in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 87.8, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Ingrid Kristiansen's GOAT Score?
- 87.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ingrid Kristiansen rank all time?
- 210th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 32nd within Athletics.
- Ingrid Kristiansen vs Grete Waitz: who ranks higher?
- Grete Waitz, on 88.3 against Ingrid Kristiansen's 87.8 — a margin of 0.5 points.