Olympic golds
4
World records set
6
NCAA titles
8
Long jump world record years
25
100 m personal best
10.2
Long jump best (m)
8.1
Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 97
- Longevity
- 66
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 88
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1933 | 10.3 | |
| 1934 | 10.2 | |
| 1935 | 10.2 | |
| 1936 | 10.2 | |
| 1937 | 10.3 | |
| 1938 | 10.4 |
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 Jesse Owens ranks #86 in Athletics
Jesse Owens ranks #86 in Athletics and #278 of 5087 across all sports. The verified GOAT Score is 86.3/100.
The verified career covers 1932–1936 and 6 documented seasons. Peak is 97/100, with Peak the strongest category at 97/100 (20% weight). Key metrics: Olympic golds 4, World records set 6, NCAA titles 8, Long jump world record years 25.
Nearest context: ahead Inha Babakova (86.4); behind Nafissatou Thiam (86.3). Rankings update whenever verified records change.
Jesse Owens GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Dominance: 90/100, based on the verified career record.
- Peak97/100 · weight 20%
- Peak: 97/100, based on the verified career record.
- Longevity66/100 · weight 20%
- Longevity: 66/100, based on the verified career record.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Honours: 90/100, based on the verified career record.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Statistics: 88/100, based on the verified career record.
Top Owens comparisons
Jesse Owens — frequently asked
- Is Jesse Owens the GOAT?
- According to GOAT Rank's current data model, Jesse Owens ranks #86 in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 86.3/100, behind Usain Bolt (93.2).
- What is Jesse Owens's GOAT Score?
- 86.3/100, calculated from the verified career record: Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 97 (20%), Longevity 66 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%).
- Where does Jesse Owens rank all time?
- #278 of 5087 eligible athletes across all sports and #86 in Athletics.
- Jesse Owens vs Inha Babakova: who ranks higher?
- Inha Babakova ranks higher at 86.4 versus Jesse Owens at 86.3, a margin of 0.1 points.