Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 64
- Honours
- 74
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 1 | |
| 1967 | 2 | |
| 1968 | 3 | |
| 1969 | 2 | |
| 1970 | 1 | |
| 1971 | 1 | |
| 1972 | 1 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- IOC results
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why John Carlos ranks #175 in Athletics
John Carlos ranks 175th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 1423rd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 77.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 88, Longevity 64, Honours 74, Statistics 82. Those categories are normalised against the full Athletics reference universe of 313 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1966–1972 with 7 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1968, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic bronze medals 1, aau titles 2, pan american golds 1, 200 m personal best 19.92.
Immediately ahead sits Christine Amertil on 77.6, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Karsten Warholm on 84.7. 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.
John Carlos GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Carlos stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1968. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity64/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 6 years of competition and 7 recorded seasons. Scored 64/100.
- Honours74/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 74/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Carlos comparisons
John Carlos — frequently asked
- Is John Carlos the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. John Carlos ranks 175th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 77.5, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is John Carlos's GOAT Score?
- 77.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 64 (20%), Honours 74 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does John Carlos rank all time?
- 1423rd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 175th within Athletics.
- John Carlos vs Christine Amertil: who ranks higher?
- Christine Amertil, on 77.6 against John Carlos's 77.5 — a margin of 0.1 points.