Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 50 | |
| 1987 | 59 | |
| 1988 | 68 | |
| 1989 | 76 | |
| 1990 | 85 | |
| 1991 | 94 | |
| 1992 | 84 | |
| 1993 | 74 | |
| 1994 | 65 | |
| 1995 | 55 | |
| 1996 | 45 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics results database
- Olympedia
- National federation records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Karin Brienesse ranks #99 in Swimming
Karin Brienesse ranks 99th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 1112th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 88, Longevity 80, 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 1986–1996 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1991, 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 medals 1, european titles 2, world championship medals 2, olympic appearances 3.
Immediately ahead sits Siobhán Haughey on 83.4, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Yohann Ndoye-Brouard on 83.2. 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.
Karin Brienesse GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Brienesse stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1991. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 10 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- 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 Brienesse comparisons
Karin Brienesse — frequently asked
- Is Karin Brienesse the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Karin Brienesse ranks 99th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 83.3, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Karin Brienesse's GOAT Score?
- 83.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Karin Brienesse rank all time?
- 1112th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 99th within Swimming.
- Karin Brienesse vs Siobhán Haughey: who ranks higher?
- Siobhán Haughey, on 83.4 against Karin Brienesse's 83.3 — a margin of 0.1 points.