Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 60
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 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 Jakob Ingebrigtsen ranks #81 in Athletics
Jakob Ingebrigtsen ranks 81st among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 808th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 60, Honours 84, Statistics 88. 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 2017–present with 8 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2021, 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 golds 2, world championship golds 2, european golds 8, world records 3.
Immediately ahead sits Karsten Warholm on 84.7, a gap of 2.8 points. Directly behind is Wilma Rudolph on 81.3. 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 Ingebrigtsen GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ingebrigtsen stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2021. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity60/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 9 years of competition and 8 recorded seasons. Scored 60/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Ingebrigtsen comparisons
Jakob Ingebrigtsen — frequently asked
- Is Jakob Ingebrigtsen the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jakob Ingebrigtsen ranks 81st in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 81.9, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Jakob Ingebrigtsen's GOAT Score?
- 81.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 60 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jakob Ingebrigtsen rank all time?
- 808th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 81st within Athletics.
- Jakob Ingebrigtsen vs Karsten Warholm: who ranks higher?
- Karsten Warholm, on 84.7 against Jakob Ingebrigtsen's 81.9 — a margin of 2.8 points.