Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 66
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 1 | |
| 1967 | 2 | |
| 1968 | 3 | |
| 1969 | 1 | |
| 1970 | 1 | |
| 1971 | 1 | |
| 1972 | 1 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- IOC results
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Lee Evans ranks #110 in Athletics
Lee Evans ranks 110th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 699th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 94, Longevity 66, Honours 84, Statistics 88. Those categories are normalised against the full Athletics reference universe of 313 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1966–1972 with 7 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1968, 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 gold medals 2, world records 2, 400 m world record 43.86, years the record stood 20.
Immediately ahead sits Abebe Bikila on 85.8, a gap of 1.8 points. Directly behind is Alberto Juantorena on 85.6. 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.
Lee Evans GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Evans stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1968. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity66/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 6 years of competition and 7 recorded seasons. Scored 66/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Evans comparisons
Lee Evans — frequently asked
- Is Lee Evans the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Lee Evans ranks 110th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 84.0, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Lee Evans's GOAT Score?
- 84.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 66 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Lee Evans rank all time?
- 699th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 110th within Athletics.
- Lee Evans vs Abebe Bikila: who ranks higher?
- Abebe Bikila, on 85.8 against Lee Evans's 84.0 — a margin of 1.8 points.