Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 70
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 50 | |
| 1975 | 65 | |
| 1976 | 81 | |
| 1977 | 96 | |
| 1978 | 81 | |
| 1979 | 65 | |
| 1980 | 50 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics records
- Olympedia
- National federation archives
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Joe Bottom ranks #161 in Swimming
Joe Bottom ranks 161st among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 1556th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 80.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 70, Honours 80, Statistics 86. 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 1974–1980 with 7 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1977, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic medals 1, world records set 2, ncaa titles 5, us titles 6.
Immediately ahead sits Novella Calligaris on 80.9, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Jens-Peter Berndt on 80.8. 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.
Joe Bottom GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Bottom stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1977. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity70/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 6 years of competition and 7 recorded seasons. Scored 70/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Bottom comparisons
Joe Bottom — frequently asked
- Is Joe Bottom the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Joe Bottom ranks 161st in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 80.9, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Joe Bottom's GOAT Score?
- 80.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 70 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Joe Bottom rank all time?
- 1556th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 161st within Swimming.
- Joe Bottom vs Novella Calligaris: who ranks higher?
- Joe Bottom, on 80.9 against Novella Calligaris's 80.9 — a margin of 0.0 points.