Category profile
- Dominance
- 64
- Peak
- 78
- Longevity
- 70
- Honours
- 68
- Statistics
- 78
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 22.6 | |
| 2008 | 22.4 | |
| 2009 | 22.2 | |
| 2010 | 22.1 | |
| 2011 | 22 | |
| 2012 | 21.95 | |
| 2013 | 21.9 | |
| 2014 | 22 | |
| 2015 | 22.2 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- Swimming World
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Matthew Abood ranks #126 in Swimming
Matthew Abood ranks 126th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 1815th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 70.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 64, Peak 78, Longevity 70, Honours 68, 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 2007–2016 with 9 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2007, which sets the Peak component at 78. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 78 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world championship golds 1, commonwealth games medals 2, olympic games 2, 50 m freestyle best 21.9.
Immediately ahead sits Zach Apple on 74.1, a gap of 3.2 points. Directly behind is David Popovici on 70.4. 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.
Matthew Abood GOAT Score explained
- Dominance64/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Abood stood above the field while competing. Scored 64/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak78/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2007. Scored 78/100.
- Longevity70/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 9 years of competition and 9 recorded seasons. Scored 70/100.
- Honours68/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 68/100.
- Statistics78/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 78/100.
Top Abood comparisons
Matthew Abood — frequently asked
- Is Matthew Abood the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Matthew Abood ranks 126th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 70.9, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Matthew Abood's GOAT Score?
- 70.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 64 (25%), Peak 78 (20%), Longevity 70 (20%), Honours 68 (20%), Statistics 78 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Matthew Abood rank all time?
- 1815th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 126th within Swimming.
- Matthew Abood vs Zach Apple: who ranks higher?
- Zach Apple, on 74.1 against Matthew Abood's 70.9 — a margin of 3.2 points.