Category profile
- Dominance
- 76
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 66
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 27.9 | |
| 2020 | 27.7 | |
| 2021 | 27.5 | |
| 2022 | 27.4 | |
| 2023 | 27.2 | |
| 2024 | 27.12 | |
| 2025 | 27.3 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- Swimming World
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Katharine Berkoff ranks #105 in Swimming
Katharine Berkoff ranks 105th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 1117th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 79.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 76, Peak 88, Longevity 66, Honours 82, 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 2019–present with 7 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2019, 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 world championship golds 3, olympic medals 2, ncaa titles 5, 50 m backstroke best 27.12.
Immediately ahead sits Shaine Casas on 79.3, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Bruno Fratus on 79.0. 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.
Katharine Berkoff GOAT Score explained
- Dominance76/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Berkoff stood above the field while competing. Scored 76/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2019. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity66/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 7 years of competition and 7 recorded seasons. Scored 66/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Berkoff comparisons
Katharine Berkoff — frequently asked
- Is Katharine Berkoff the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Katharine Berkoff ranks 105th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 79.1, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Katharine Berkoff's GOAT Score?
- 79.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 76 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 66 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Katharine Berkoff rank all time?
- 1117th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 105th within Swimming.
- Katharine Berkoff vs Shaine Casas: who ranks higher?
- Shaine Casas, on 79.3 against Katharine Berkoff's 79.1 — a margin of 0.2 points.