Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 94
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 9 | |
| 1992 | 4 | |
| 1993 | 2 | |
| 1994 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 3 | |
| 1997 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 6 | |
| 2007 | 8 | |
| 2008 | 12 |
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 Maria Mutola ranks #8 in Athletics
Maria Mutola ranks 8th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 66th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 91.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 94, Longevity 94, Honours 90, 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 1988–2008 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2008, 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 gold medals 1, world championship titles 3, world indoor titles 7, golden league jackpots 1.
Immediately ahead sits Yuriy Sedykh on 91.5, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Irena Szewińska on 91.1. 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.
Maria Mutola GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Mutola stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2008. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity94/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 94/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Mutola comparisons
Maria Mutola — frequently asked
- Is Maria Mutola the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Maria Mutola ranks 8th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 91.4, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Maria Mutola's GOAT Score?
- 91.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 94 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Maria Mutola rank all time?
- 66th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 8th within Athletics.
- Maria Mutola vs Yuriy Sedykh: who ranks higher?
- Yuriy Sedykh, on 91.5 against Maria Mutola's 91.4 — a margin of 0.1 points.