Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 66
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 248 | |
| 2022 | 244.68 | |
| 2023 | 242.5 | |
| 2024 | 244 | |
| 2025 | 243.5 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Léon Marchand ranks #32 in Swimming
Léon Marchand ranks 32nd among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 656th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 94, Longevity 66, Honours 84, Statistics 90. 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 2019–present with 5 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2021, 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 golds 4, world championship golds 6, world records 2, 400 m medley record (s) 242.5.
Immediately ahead sits Ariarne Titmus on 83.0, a gap of -0.8 points. Directly behind is Missy Franklin on 81.8. 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.
Léon Marchand GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Marchand stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2021. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity66/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 7 years of competition and 5 recorded seasons. Scored 66/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Marchand comparisons
Léon Marchand — frequently asked
- Is Léon Marchand the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Léon Marchand ranks 32nd in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 83.8, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Léon Marchand's GOAT Score?
- 83.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 66 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Léon Marchand rank all time?
- 656th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 32nd within Swimming.
- Léon Marchand vs Ariarne Titmus: who ranks higher?
- Léon Marchand, on 83.8 against Ariarne Titmus's 83.0 — a margin of 0.8 points.