Category profile
- Dominance
- 66
- Peak
- 82
- Longevity
- 70
- Honours
- 72
- Statistics
- 74
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 55 | |
| 2018 | 64 | |
| 2019 | 72 | |
| 2020 | 78 | |
| 2021 | 86 | |
| 2022 | 96 | |
| 2023 | 84 | |
| 2024 | 78 | |
| 2025 | 74 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- European Athletics
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Josh Awotunde ranks #279 in Athletics
Josh Awotunde ranks 279th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 3078th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 72.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 66, Peak 82, Longevity 70, Honours 72, Statistics 74. Those categories are normalised against the full Athletics reference universe of 308 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 2017–present with 9 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2022, which sets the Peak component at 82. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 82 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world championship medals 1, world indoor medals 1, personal best (m) 22.29, us national podiums 3.
Immediately ahead sits Iliass Aouani on 74.8, a gap of 2.4 points. Directly behind is Sergey Bubka on 93.2. 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.
Josh Awotunde GOAT Score explained
- Dominance66/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Awotunde stood above the field while competing. Scored 66/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak82/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2022. Scored 82/100.
- Longevity70/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 9 years of competition and 9 recorded seasons. Scored 70/100.
- Honours72/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 72/100.
- Statistics74/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 74/100.
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Josh Awotunde — frequently asked
- Is Josh Awotunde the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Josh Awotunde ranks 279th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 72.4, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Josh Awotunde's GOAT Score?
- 72.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 66 (25%), Peak 82 (20%), Longevity 70 (20%), Honours 72 (20%), Statistics 74 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Josh Awotunde rank all time?
- 3078th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 279th within Athletics.
- Josh Awotunde vs Iliass Aouani: who ranks higher?
- Iliass Aouani, on 74.8 against Josh Awotunde's 72.4 — a margin of 2.4 points.