Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 4 | |
| 2006 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 0 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- IOC results
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why László Cseh ranks #22 in Swimming
László Cseh ranks 22nd among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 236th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 90, Honours 86, Statistics 88. 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 2003–2021 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2006, 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 6, world championship golds 3, european championship golds 20, olympic games contested 5.
Immediately ahead sits Mark Spitz on 87.5, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Tamás Darnyi on 87.3. 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.
László Cseh GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Cseh stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2006. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
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László Cseh — frequently asked
- Is László Cseh the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. László Cseh ranks 22nd in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 87.4, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is László Cseh's GOAT Score?
- 87.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does László Cseh rank all time?
- 236th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 22nd within Swimming.
- László Cseh vs Mark Spitz: who ranks higher?
- Mark Spitz, on 87.5 against László Cseh's 87.4 — a margin of 0.1 points.