Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 70
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 3 | |
| 1999 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 0 | |
| 2003 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 1 |
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 Lenny Krayzelburg ranks #62 in Swimming
Lenny Krayzelburg ranks 62nd among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 648th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 70, Honours 84, 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 1997–2004 with 8 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1998, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic gold medals 4, world championship golds 3, world records 5, pan pacific golds 5.
Immediately ahead sits Léon Marchand on 83.8, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Qin Haiyang on 83.6. 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.
Lenny Krayzelburg GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Krayzelburg stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1998. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity70/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 7 years of competition and 8 recorded seasons. Scored 70/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Krayzelburg comparisons
Lenny Krayzelburg — frequently asked
- Is Lenny Krayzelburg the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Lenny Krayzelburg ranks 62nd in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 83.6, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Lenny Krayzelburg's GOAT Score?
- 83.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 70 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Lenny Krayzelburg rank all time?
- 648th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 62nd within Swimming.
- Lenny Krayzelburg vs Léon Marchand: who ranks higher?
- Léon Marchand, on 83.8 against Lenny Krayzelburg's 83.6 — a margin of 0.2 points.