Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 45 | |
| 1990 | 62 | |
| 1991 | 80 | |
| 1992 | 97 | |
| 1993 | 89 | |
| 1994 | 80 | |
| 1995 | 72 | |
| 1996 | 64 | |
| 1997 | 55 | |
| 1998 | 47 | |
| 1999 | 38 | |
| 2000 | 30 |
Data sources
- World Athletics records
- Olympedia
- European Athletics archives
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Irina Belova ranks #287 in Athletics
Irina Belova ranks 287th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 3463rd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 92, Longevity 78, Honours 82, Statistics 86. 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 1989–2000 with 12 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 olympic silver medals 1, world indoor titles 1, heptathlon personal best 6845, european medals 1.
Immediately ahead sits Carolina Klüft on 84.5, a gap of 1.2 points. Directly behind is Katarina Johnson-Thompson on 82.8. 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.
Irina Belova GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Belova stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1992. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 11 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Belova comparisons
Irina Belova — frequently asked
- Is Irina Belova the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Irina Belova ranks 287th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 83.3, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Irina Belova's GOAT Score?
- 83.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Irina Belova rank all time?
- 3463rd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 287th within Athletics.
- Irina Belova vs Carolina Klüft: who ranks higher?
- Carolina Klüft, on 84.5 against Irina Belova's 83.3 — a margin of 1.2 points.