Category profile
- Dominance
- 76
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 78
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 68 | |
| 2015 | 92 | |
| 2016 | 80 | |
| 2017 | 82 | |
| 2018 | 84 | |
| 2019 | 86 | |
| 2020 | 88 | |
| 2021 | 92 | |
| 2022 | 86 | |
| 2023 | 88 | |
| 2024 | 84 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- International Swimming Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why James Guy ranks #181 in Swimming
James Guy ranks 181st among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 1756th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 79.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 76, Peak 86, Longevity 80, Honours 80, Statistics 78. 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 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2015, 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 olympic gold medals 3, olympic medals 5, world championship golds 5, commonwealth games medals 5.
Immediately ahead sits Daniel Wiffen on 79.9, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Alexander Dale Oen on 79.9. 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.
James Guy GOAT Score explained
- Dominance76/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Guy stood above the field while competing. Scored 76/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2015. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 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.
- Statistics78/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 78/100.
Top Guy comparisons
James Guy — frequently asked
- Is James Guy the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. James Guy ranks 181st in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 79.9, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is James Guy's GOAT Score?
- 79.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 76 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 78 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does James Guy rank all time?
- 1756th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 181st within Swimming.
- James Guy vs Daniel Wiffen: who ranks higher?
- James Guy, on 79.9 against Daniel Wiffen's 79.9 — a margin of 0.0 points.