Category profile
- Dominance
- 76
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | |
| 1998 | 4 | |
| 1999 | 6 | |
| 2000 | 5 | |
| 2001 | 6 | |
| 2002 | 5 | |
| 2003 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 3 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- Swimrankings
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Lindsay Benko ranks #90 in Swimming
Lindsay Benko ranks 90th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 890th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 76, Peak 90, Longevity 74, Honours 82, 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 1996–2004 with 8 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1999, 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 1, world championship golds 5, short-course world records 5, olympic appearances 2.
Immediately ahead sits Ricky Berens on 81.4, a gap of 0.3 points. Directly behind is Kristóf Milák on 80.9. 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.
Lindsay Benko GOAT Score explained
- Dominance76/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Benko stood above the field while competing. Scored 76/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1999. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 8 years of competition and 8 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Benko comparisons
Lindsay Benko — frequently asked
- Is Lindsay Benko the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Lindsay Benko ranks 90th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 81.1, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Lindsay Benko's GOAT Score?
- 81.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 76 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Lindsay Benko rank all time?
- 890th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 90th within Swimming.
- Lindsay Benko vs Ricky Berens: who ranks higher?
- Ricky Berens, on 81.4 against Lindsay Benko's 81.1 — a margin of 0.3 points.