Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 76
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 70 | |
| 1994 | 78 | |
| 1995 | 82 | |
| 1996 | 84 | |
| 1997 | 80 | |
| 1998 | 76 | |
| 1999 | 72 | |
| 2000 | 80 | |
| 2001 | 84 | |
| 2002 | 88 | |
| 2003 | 90 | |
| 2004 | 99 | |
| 2005 | 76 |
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 Kelly Holmes ranks #181 in Athletics
Kelly Holmes ranks 181st among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 1534th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 94, Longevity 76, Honours 84, Statistics 82. 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 1993–2005 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2004, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic gold medals 2, olympic medals 3, world championship medals 3, commonwealth games golds 2.
Immediately ahead sits Éider Arévalo on 81.9, a gap of -1.7 points. Directly behind is Ralf Bartels on 81.9. 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.
Kelly Holmes GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Holmes stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2004. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity76/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 76/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Holmes comparisons
Kelly Holmes — frequently asked
- Is Kelly Holmes the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Kelly Holmes ranks 181st in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 83.6, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Kelly Holmes's GOAT Score?
- 83.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 76 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Kelly Holmes rank all time?
- 1534th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 181st within Athletics.
- Kelly Holmes vs Éider Arévalo: who ranks higher?
- Kelly Holmes, on 83.6 against Éider Arévalo's 81.9 — a margin of 1.7 points.