Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 4 | |
| 2006 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 2 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- IOC
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Leisel Jones ranks #16 in Swimming
Leisel Jones ranks 16th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 308th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 82, Honours 86, Statistics 88. Those categories are normalised against the full Swimming reference universe of 288 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1998–2012 with 13 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 golds 3, olympic medals 9, world titles 8, world records 5.
Immediately ahead sits Emma McKeon on 87.0, a gap of 1.2 points. Directly behind is Dawn Fraser on 86.8. 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.
Leisel Jones GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Jones 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.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- 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.
Top Jones comparisons
Leisel Jones — frequently asked
- Is Leisel Jones the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Leisel Jones ranks 16th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 85.8, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Leisel Jones's GOAT Score?
- 85.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Leisel Jones rank all time?
- 308th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 16th within Swimming.
- Leisel Jones vs Emma McKeon: who ranks higher?
- Emma McKeon, on 87.0 against Leisel Jones's 85.8 — a margin of 1.2 points.