Category profile
- Dominance
- 74
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 52 | |
| 2007 | 59 | |
| 2008 | 65 | |
| 2009 | 72 | |
| 2010 | 78 | |
| 2011 | 85 | |
| 2012 | 91 | |
| 2013 | 81 | |
| 2014 | 71 | |
| 2015 | 60 | |
| 2016 | 50 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics results database
- Olympedia
- National federation records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Jakob Andkjær ranks #171 in Swimming
Jakob Andkjær ranks 171st among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 1674th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 80.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 74, Peak 86, Longevity 80, Honours 80, Statistics 84. 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 2006–2016 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2012, which sets the Peak component at 86. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 86 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes european short-course gold medals 1, european championship medals 3, danish titles 10, olympic appearances 2.
Immediately ahead sits Rowdy Gaines on 80.3, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Romain Barnier on 80.3. 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.
Jakob Andkjær GOAT Score explained
- Dominance74/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Andkjær stood above the field while competing. Scored 74/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2012. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 10 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Andkjær comparisons
Jakob Andkjær — frequently asked
- Is Jakob Andkjær the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jakob Andkjær ranks 171st in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 80.3, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Jakob Andkjær's GOAT Score?
- 80.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 74 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jakob Andkjær rank all time?
- 1674th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 171st within Swimming.
- Jakob Andkjær vs Rowdy Gaines: who ranks higher?
- Jakob Andkjær, on 80.3 against Rowdy Gaines's 80.3 — a margin of 0.0 points.