Category profile
- Dominance
- 74
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 72
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 55 | |
| 2015 | 68 | |
| 2016 | 82 | |
| 2017 | 96 | |
| 2018 | 86 | |
| 2019 | 82 | |
| 2020 | 80 | |
| 2021 | 76 | |
| 2022 | 74 | |
| 2023 | 70 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- European Aquatics
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ippei Watanabe ranks #206 in Swimming
Ippei Watanabe ranks 206th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 2030th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 78.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 74, Peak 90, Longevity 72, Honours 78, Statistics 82. 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 2014–present with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2017, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world records 1, world championship medals 1, asian games golds 1, japanese titles 5.
Immediately ahead sits Angie Bainbridge on 78.9, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Penny Oleksiak on 78.7. 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.
Ippei Watanabe GOAT Score explained
- Dominance74/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Watanabe stood above the field while competing. Scored 74/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2017. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity72/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 72/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Watanabe comparisons
Ippei Watanabe — frequently asked
- Is Ippei Watanabe the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ippei Watanabe ranks 206th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 78.8, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Ippei Watanabe's GOAT Score?
- 78.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 74 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 72 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ippei Watanabe rank all time?
- 2030th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 206th within Swimming.
- Ippei Watanabe vs Angie Bainbridge: who ranks higher?
- Angie Bainbridge, on 78.9 against Ippei Watanabe's 78.8 — a margin of 0.1 points.