Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 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 Letesenbet Gidey ranks #62 in Athletics
Letesenbet Gidey ranks 62nd among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 357th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 96, Longevity 74, Honours 86, Statistics 92. 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 2015–present with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2019, which sets the Peak component at 96. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world records 3, world championship golds 1, olympic medals 1, world cross country titles 2.
Immediately ahead sits Renaud Lavillenie on 87.0, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Jarmila Kratochvílová on 88.7. 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.
Letesenbet Gidey GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Gidey stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2019. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 11 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
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Letesenbet Gidey — frequently asked
- Is Letesenbet Gidey the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Letesenbet Gidey ranks 62nd in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 87.0, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Letesenbet Gidey's GOAT Score?
- 87.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Letesenbet Gidey rank all time?
- 357th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 62nd within Athletics.
- Letesenbet Gidey vs Renaud Lavillenie: who ranks higher?
- Letesenbet Gidey, on 87.0 against Renaud Lavillenie's 87.0 — a margin of 0.0 points.