Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 70
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2 | |
| 1992 | 3 | |
| 1993 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 4 | |
| 1996 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 3 | |
| 1998 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 0 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- IOC
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Marie-José Pérec ranks #71 in Athletics
Marie-José Pérec ranks 71st among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 582nd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 94, Longevity 70, Honours 86, Statistics 88. Those categories are normalised against the full Athletics reference universe of 309 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1988–1999 with 9 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1995, 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 3, world championship golds 2, 400m best (sec) 48.25, 200m best (sec) 21.99.
Immediately ahead sits Steve Ovett on 83.4, a gap of -1.3 points. Directly behind is Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone on 85.5. 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.
Marie-José Pérec GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Pérec stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1995. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity70/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 11 years of competition and 9 recorded seasons. Scored 70/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
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Marie-José Pérec — frequently asked
- Is Marie-José Pérec the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Marie-José Pérec ranks 71st in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 84.7, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Marie-José Pérec's GOAT Score?
- 84.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 70 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Marie-José Pérec rank all time?
- 582nd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 71st within Athletics.
- Marie-José Pérec vs Steve Ovett: who ranks higher?
- Marie-José Pérec, on 84.7 against Steve Ovett's 83.4 — a margin of 1.3 points.