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Swimming · Freestyle · New Zealand

Lauren Boyle

2005–2017 · New Zealand's most decorated swimmer with world championship medals in distance freestyle.

Retired
Ranking model

100% titles, statistics, dominance, longevity and global competition depth.

Pure sporting data
80.2
Cultural & brand footprint 46/100 · total legacy 72.7
World Championship medals
3
Short-course world titles
1
Commonwealth Games medals
3
World records
1
Olympic finals
3

Category profile

Dominance
74
Peak
90
Longevity
78
Honours
76
Statistics
86

Career timeline · Form index per season

SeasonForm index per seasonShare of career
20062
20073
20084
20094
20105
20116
20127
20138
20147
20156
20164
20172

Data sources

  • World Aquatics
  • Olympedia
  • Swimming World

Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method

Why Lauren Boyle ranks #96 in Swimming

Lauren Boyle ranks 96th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 976th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 80.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 74, Peak 90, Longevity 78, Honours 76, Statistics 86. 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 2005–2017 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2013, 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 world championship medals 3, short-course world titles 1, commonwealth games medals 3, world records 1.

Immediately ahead sits Jazmin Carlin on 80.3, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Kathleen Baker on 79.9. 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.

Lauren Boyle GOAT Score explained

Dominance74/100 · weight 25%
Measures how far Boyle stood above the field while competing. Scored 74/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
Peak90/100 · weight 20%
Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2013. Scored 90/100.
Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
Honours76/100 · weight 20%
Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 76/100.
Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.

Lauren Boyle — frequently asked

Is Lauren Boyle the GOAT?
Not on the current data. Lauren Boyle ranks 96th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 80.2, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
What is Lauren Boyle's GOAT Score?
80.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 74 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 76 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
Where does Lauren Boyle rank all time?
976th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 96th within Swimming.
Lauren Boyle vs Jazmin Carlin: who ranks higher?
Jazmin Carlin, on 80.3 against Lauren Boyle's 80.2 — a margin of 0.1 points.
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