Category profile
- Dominance
- 74
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 62
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 78
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 62 | |
| 2020 | 80 | |
| 2021 | 96 | |
| 2022 | 84 | |
| 2023 | 80 | |
| 2024 | 78 | |
| 2025 | 76 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- European Aquatics
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Lydia Jacoby ranks #244 in Swimming
Lydia Jacoby ranks 244th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 2576th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 76.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 74, Peak 90, Longevity 62, Honours 78, Statistics 78. 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 2019–present with 7 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2021, 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 gold medals 1, olympic medals 2, world championship medals 3, american junior records 2.
Immediately ahead sits Dirk Braunleder on 76.3, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Zoë Baker on 76.1. 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.
Lydia Jacoby GOAT Score explained
- Dominance74/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Jacoby stood above the field while competing. Scored 74/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2021. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity62/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 7 years of competition and 7 recorded seasons. Scored 62/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics78/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 78/100.
Top Jacoby comparisons
Lydia Jacoby — frequently asked
- Is Lydia Jacoby the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Lydia Jacoby ranks 244th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 76.2, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Lydia Jacoby's GOAT Score?
- 76.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 74 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 62 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 78 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Lydia Jacoby rank all time?
- 2576th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 244th within Swimming.
- Lydia Jacoby vs Dirk Braunleder: who ranks higher?
- Dirk Braunleder, on 76.3 against Lydia Jacoby's 76.2 — a margin of 0.1 points.