Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 92
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 3 | |
| 1965 | 4 | |
| 1966 | 5 | |
| 1967 | 4 | |
| 1968 | 6 | |
| 1969 | 5 | |
| 1970 | 4 | |
| 1971 | 6 | |
| 1972 | 7 | |
| 1973 | 5 | |
| 1974 | 4 | |
| 1975 | 3 | |
| 1976 | 2 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- IOC
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Irena Szewińska ranks #8 in Athletics
Irena Szewińska ranks 8th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 63rd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 91.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 94, Longevity 88, Honours 92, 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 1960–1980 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1972, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic golds 3, olympic medals 7, world records 10, european titles 5.
Immediately ahead sits Eliud Kipchoge on 92.0, a gap of 0.9 points. Directly behind is Yuriy Sedykh on 91.5. 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.
Irena Szewińska GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Szewińska stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1972. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours92/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 92/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Szewińska comparisons
Irena Szewińska — frequently asked
- Is Irena Szewińska the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Irena Szewińska ranks 8th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 91.1, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Irena Szewińska's GOAT Score?
- 91.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 92 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Irena Szewińska rank all time?
- 63rd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 8th within Athletics.
- Irena Szewińska vs Eliud Kipchoge: who ranks higher?
- Eliud Kipchoge, on 92.0 against Irena Szewińska's 91.1 — a margin of 0.9 points.