Category profile
- Dominance
- 92
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 91
- Statistics
- 93
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 7565 | |
| 2014 | 7482 | |
| 2015 | 7452 | |
| 2016 | 7411 | |
| 2017 | 7404 | |
| 2018 | 7378 | |
| 2019 | 7299 | |
| 2020 | 7325 | |
| 2021 | 7348 | |
| 2022 | 7402 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Eliud Kipchoge ranks #7 in Athletics
Eliud Kipchoge ranks 7th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 54th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 92.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 92, Peak 94, Longevity 90, Honours 91, Statistics 93. Those categories are normalised against the full Athletics reference universe of 309 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 2002–present with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2013, 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, major marathon wins 11, marathon world record (s) 7299, sub-2 hour exhibitions 1.
Immediately ahead sits Usain Bolt on 93.2, a gap of 1.2 points. Directly behind is Irena Szewińska on 91.1. 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.
Eliud Kipchoge GOAT Score explained
- Dominance92/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Kipchoge stood above the field while competing. Scored 92/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2013. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 24 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours91/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 91/100.
- Statistics93/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 93/100.
Top Kipchoge comparisons
Eliud Kipchoge — frequently asked
- Is Eliud Kipchoge the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Eliud Kipchoge ranks 7th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 92.0, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Eliud Kipchoge's GOAT Score?
- 92.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 92 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 91 (20%), Statistics 93 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Eliud Kipchoge rank all time?
- 54th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 7th within Athletics.
- Eliud Kipchoge vs Usain Bolt: who ranks higher?
- Usain Bolt, on 93.2 against Eliud Kipchoge's 92.0 — a margin of 1.2 points.