Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 93
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Form index per season
Editorial season form index (0–100), not raw goals or points. Raw season-by-season statistics are shown only where fully verified.
| Season | Form index 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
Last verified: 2026-09-14
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Jan Železný ranks #17 in Athletics
Jan Železný ranks #17 in Athletics and #219 of 5087 across all sports. The verified GOAT Score is 90.5/100.
The verified career covers 1984–2006 and 14 documented seasons. Peak is 93/100, with Peak the strongest category at 93/100 (20% weight). Key metrics: Olympic golds 3, World Championship golds 3, World records 5, Javelin world record (m) 98.48.
Nearest context: ahead Soufiane El Bakkali (90.6); behind Fanny Blankers-Koen (90.5). Rankings update whenever verified records change.
Jan Železný GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Dominance: 90/100, based on the verified career record.
- Peak93/100 · weight 20%
- Peak: 93/100, based on the verified career record.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Longevity: 88/100, based on the verified career record.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Honours: 90/100, based on the verified career record.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Statistics: 92/100, based on the verified career record.
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Jan Železný — frequently asked
- Is Jan Železný the GOAT?
- According to GOAT Rank's current data model, Jan Železný ranks #17 in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 90.5/100, behind Usain Bolt (93.2).
- What is Jan Železný's GOAT Score?
- 90.5/100, calculated from the verified career record: Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 93 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%).
- Where does Jan Železný rank all time?
- #219 of 5087 eligible athletes across all sports and #17 in Athletics.
- Jan Železný vs Soufiane El Bakkali: who ranks higher?
- Soufiane El Bakkali ranks higher at 90.6 versus Jan Železný at 90.5, a margin of 0.1 points.