Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 10.01 | |
| 2004 | 9.85 | |
| 2005 | 9.88 | |
| 2006 | 9.77 | |
| 2007 | 9.87 | |
| 2008 | 9.94 | |
| 2009 | 9.78 | |
| 2010 | 9.74 | |
| 2011 | 9.8 | |
| 2012 | 9.83 | |
| 2013 | 9.87 | |
| 2014 | 9.91 | |
| 2015 | 9.98 | |
| 2016 | 10.05 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- IOC
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Justin Gatlin ranks #39 in Athletics
Justin Gatlin ranks 39th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 266th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 88, Honours 84, Statistics 88. 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 2000–2022 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2016, 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 golds 1, world championship golds 5, olympic medals 5, 100m best (sec) 9.74.
Immediately ahead sits Edwin Moses on 91.3, a gap of 5.7 points. Directly behind is Tirunesh Dibaba 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.
Justin Gatlin GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Gatlin stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2016. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 22 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
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Justin Gatlin — frequently asked
- Is Justin Gatlin the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Justin Gatlin ranks 39th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 85.6, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Justin Gatlin's GOAT Score?
- 85.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Justin Gatlin rank all time?
- 266th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 39th within Athletics.
- Justin Gatlin vs Edwin Moses: who ranks higher?
- Edwin Moses, on 91.3 against Justin Gatlin's 85.6 — a margin of 5.7 points.