Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 56
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 59.2 | |
| 2019 | 58.6 | |
| 2020 | 57.45 | |
| 2021 | 57.45 | |
| 2022 | 57.5 | |
| 2023 | 57.33 | |
| 2024 | 57.4 | |
| 2025 | 57.6 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- IOC
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Kaylee McKeown ranks #38 in Swimming
Kaylee McKeown ranks 38th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 851st of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 79.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 56, Honours 82, Statistics 86. Those categories are normalised against the full Swimming reference universe of 288 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 2017–present with 8 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2018, 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 5, world titles 4, world records 3, olympic medals 7.
Immediately ahead sits Summer McIntosh on 81.7, a gap of 2.2 points. Directly behind is Shane Gould on 80.9. 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.
Kaylee McKeown GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far McKeown stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2018. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity56/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 9 years of competition and 8 recorded seasons. Scored 56/100.
- 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 McKeown comparisons
Kaylee McKeown — frequently asked
- Is Kaylee McKeown the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Kaylee McKeown ranks 38th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 79.5, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Kaylee McKeown's GOAT Score?
- 79.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 56 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Kaylee McKeown rank all time?
- 851st of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 38th within Swimming.
- Kaylee McKeown vs Summer McIntosh: who ranks higher?
- Summer McIntosh, on 81.7 against Kaylee McKeown's 79.5 — a margin of 2.2 points.