Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 14.58 | |
| 1992 | 14.43 | |
| 1993 | 14.5 | |
| 1994 | 14.41 | |
| 1995 | 14.55 | |
| 1996 | 14.56 | |
| 1997 | 14.7 | |
| 1998 | 14.9 | |
| 1999 | 15 | |
| 2000 | 14.95 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- IOC
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Kieren Perkins ranks #22 in Swimming
Kieren Perkins ranks 22nd among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 376th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 94, Longevity 74, Honours 88, Statistics 90. 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 1990–2000 with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1999, 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 golds 2, world championship golds 2, world records 4, 1500m best (min) 14.41.
Immediately ahead sits Federica Pellegrini on 83.4, a gap of -3.3 points. Directly behind is Mark Spitz on 87.5. 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.
Kieren Perkins GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Perkins stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1999. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 10 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Perkins comparisons
Kieren Perkins — frequently asked
- Is Kieren Perkins the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Kieren Perkins ranks 22nd in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 86.7, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Kieren Perkins's GOAT Score?
- 86.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Kieren Perkins rank all time?
- 376th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 22nd within Swimming.
- Kieren Perkins vs Federica Pellegrini: who ranks higher?
- Kieren Perkins, on 86.7 against Federica Pellegrini's 83.4 — a margin of 3.3 points.