Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 58.4 | |
| 2014 | 60.4 | |
| 2015 | 62.4 | |
| 2016 | 64.5 | |
| 2017 | 64.2 | |
| 2018 | 65.8 | |
| 2019 | 66.56 | |
| 2020 | 63.4 | |
| 2021 | 66.91 | |
| 2022 | 64.43 | |
| 2023 | 63.1 | |
| 2024 | 64 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- IOC
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Kelsey-Lee Barber ranks #115 in Athletics
Kelsey-Lee Barber ranks 115th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 713th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 90, Longevity 78, Honours 84, Statistics 86. Those categories are normalised against the full Athletics reference universe of 313 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 2011–present with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2021, 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 world championship golds 2, olympic medals 1, commonwealth medals 2, personal best 67.7.
Immediately ahead sits Kirani James on 83.7, a gap of -0.1 points. Directly behind is Abel Antón on 85.4. 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.
Kelsey-Lee Barber GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Barber stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2021. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- 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 Barber comparisons
Kelsey-Lee Barber — frequently asked
- Is Kelsey-Lee Barber the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Kelsey-Lee Barber ranks 115th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 83.8, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Kelsey-Lee Barber's GOAT Score?
- 83.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Kelsey-Lee Barber rank all time?
- 713th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 115th within Athletics.
- Kelsey-Lee Barber vs Kirani James: who ranks higher?
- Kelsey-Lee Barber, on 83.8 against Kirani James's 83.7 — a margin of 0.1 points.