Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 95
- Longevity
- 70
- Honours
- 91
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 55 | |
| 1972 | 72 | |
| 1973 | 86 | |
| 1974 | 94 | |
| 1975 | 96 | |
| 1976 | 99 | |
| 1977 | 70 | |
| 1978 | 40 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- International Swimming Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Kornelia Ender ranks #30 in Swimming
Kornelia Ender ranks 30th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 455th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 95, Longevity 70, Honours 91, Statistics 90. Those categories are normalised against the full Swimming reference universe of 289 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1971–1978 with 8 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1976, which sets the Peak component at 95. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 95 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic gold medals 4, olympic medals 8, world championship golds 8, individual world records 23.
Immediately ahead sits Ana Marcela Cunha on 87.3, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Vladimir Salnikov on 87.1. 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.
Kornelia Ender GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ender stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak95/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1976. Scored 95/100.
- Longevity70/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 7 years of competition and 8 recorded seasons. Scored 70/100.
- Honours91/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 91/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Ender comparisons
Kornelia Ender — frequently asked
- Is Kornelia Ender the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Kornelia Ender ranks 30th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 87.2, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Kornelia Ender's GOAT Score?
- 87.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 95 (20%), Longevity 70 (20%), Honours 91 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Kornelia Ender rank all time?
- 455th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 30th within Swimming.
- Kornelia Ender vs Ana Marcela Cunha: who ranks higher?
- Ana Marcela Cunha, on 87.3 against Kornelia Ender's 87.2 — a margin of 0.1 points.