Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 40 | |
| 1977 | 45 | |
| 1978 | 50 | |
| 1979 | 55 | |
| 1980 | 60 | |
| 1981 | 65 | |
| 1982 | 70 | |
| 1983 | 75 | |
| 1984 | 80 | |
| 1985 | 85 | |
| 1986 | 90 | |
| 1987 | 95 | |
| 1988 | 82 | |
| 1989 | 69 | |
| 1990 | 56 | |
| 1991 | 43 | |
| 1992 | 30 |
Data sources
- World Athletics records
- Olympedia
- Track and Field Statistics
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Larry Myricks ranks #129 in Athletics
Larry Myricks ranks 129th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 1151st of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 86, Honours 78, Statistics 88. 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 1976–1992 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1987, 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 olympic medals 1, world championship medals 2, personal best in centimetres 867, us titles 6.
Immediately ahead sits Lee Evans on 84.0, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Saad Al-Asmari on 84.0. 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.
Larry Myricks GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Myricks stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1987. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Myricks comparisons
Larry Myricks — frequently asked
- Is Larry Myricks the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Larry Myricks ranks 129th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 84.0, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Larry Myricks's GOAT Score?
- 84.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Larry Myricks rank all time?
- 1151st of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 129th within Athletics.
- Larry Myricks vs Lee Evans: who ranks higher?
- Larry Myricks, on 84.0 against Lee Evans's 84.0 — a margin of 0.0 points.