Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 93
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 87.66 | |
| 1988 | 86.8 | |
| 1989 | 89.66 | |
| 1990 | 89.58 | |
| 1991 | 94.74 | |
| 1992 | 95.54 | |
| 1993 | 98.48 | |
| 1994 | 92 | |
| 1995 | 94.02 | |
| 1996 | 89 | |
| 1997 | 90.6 | |
| 1998 | 92.8 | |
| 1999 | 88 | |
| 2000 | 85 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Jan Železný ranks #11 in Athletics
Jan Železný ranks 11th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 79th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 93, Longevity 88, Honours 90, 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 1984–2006 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1993, which sets the Peak component at 93. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 93 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic golds 3, world championship golds 3, world records 5, javelin world record (m) 98.48.
Immediately ahead sits Paavo Nurmi on 92.1, a gap of 1.6 points. Directly behind is Yelena Isinbayeva on 90.3. 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.
Jan Železný GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Železný stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak93/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1993. Scored 93/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 22 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Železný comparisons
Jan Železný — frequently asked
- Is Jan Železný the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jan Železný ranks 11th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 90.5, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Jan Železný's GOAT Score?
- 90.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 93 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jan Železný rank all time?
- 79th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 11th within Athletics.
- Jan Železný vs Paavo Nurmi: who ranks higher?
- Paavo Nurmi, on 92.1 against Jan Železný's 90.5 — a margin of 1.6 points.