Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 17.44 | |
| 1994 | 17.53 | |
| 1995 | 18.29 | |
| 1996 | 17.88 | |
| 1997 | 17.74 | |
| 1998 | 17.6 | |
| 1999 | 17.59 | |
| 2000 | 17.71 | |
| 2001 | 17.92 | |
| 2002 | 17.86 | |
| 2003 | 17.3 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Jonathan Edwards ranks #42 in Athletics
Jonathan Edwards ranks 42nd among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 279th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 94, Longevity 80, Honours 88, Statistics 90. Those categories are normalised against the full Athletics reference universe of 309 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1988–2003 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1995, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic golds 1, world championship golds 2, triple jump world record (m) 18.29, european golds 1.
Immediately ahead sits Jarmila Kratochvílová on 88.7, a gap of 1.3 points. Directly behind is Joan Benoit Samuelson on 87.5. 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.
Jonathan Edwards GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Edwards stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1995. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Edwards comparisons
Jonathan Edwards — frequently asked
- Is Jonathan Edwards the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jonathan Edwards ranks 42nd in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 87.4, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Jonathan Edwards's GOAT Score?
- 87.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jonathan Edwards rank all time?
- 279th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 42nd within Athletics.
- Jonathan Edwards vs Jarmila Kratochvílová: who ranks higher?
- Jarmila Kratochvílová, on 88.7 against Jonathan Edwards's 87.4 — a margin of 1.3 points.