Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 66
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 2 | |
| 1973 | 1 | |
| 1974 | 3 | |
| 1975 | 1 | |
| 1976 | 3 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- IOC results
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why John Hencken ranks #75 in Swimming
John Hencken ranks 75th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 762nd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 90, Longevity 66, Honours 84, 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 1972–1976 with 5 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1974, 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 gold medals 3, olympic medals 5, world records 12, world championship golds 3.
Immediately ahead sits Pär Arvidsson on 82.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Amy Van Dyken on 82.4. 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 Hencken GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Hencken stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1974. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity66/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 4 years of competition and 5 recorded seasons. Scored 66/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Hencken comparisons
John Hencken — frequently asked
- Is John Hencken the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. John Hencken ranks 75th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 82.4, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is John Hencken's GOAT Score?
- 82.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 66 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does John Hencken rank all time?
- 762nd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 75th within Swimming.
- John Hencken vs Pär Arvidsson: who ranks higher?
- John Hencken, on 82.4 against Pär Arvidsson's 82.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.