Category profile
- Dominance
- 68
- Peak
- 84
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 74
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 133.5 | |
| 2005 | 132.4 | |
| 2006 | 131.2 | |
| 2007 | 130.6 | |
| 2008 | 130 | |
| 2009 | 130.4 | |
| 2010 | 131 | |
| 2011 | 131.8 |
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 Mike Brown ranks #122 in Swimming
Mike Brown ranks 122nd among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 1523rd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 75.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 68, Peak 84, Longevity 74, Honours 74, Statistics 82. 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 2003–2012 with 8 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2004, which sets the Peak component at 84. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 84 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes commonwealth golds 1, pan american medals 2, olympic finals 1, 200 m breaststroke best 130.
Immediately ahead sits James Carter on 76.0, a gap of 0.3 points. Directly behind is Regan Smith on 75.3. 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.
Mike Brown GOAT Score explained
- Dominance68/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Brown stood above the field while competing. Scored 68/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak84/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2004. Scored 84/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 9 years of competition and 8 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours74/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 74/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Brown comparisons
Mike Brown — frequently asked
- Is Mike Brown the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Mike Brown ranks 122nd in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 75.7, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Mike Brown's GOAT Score?
- 75.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 68 (25%), Peak 84 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 74 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Mike Brown rank all time?
- 1523rd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 122nd within Swimming.
- Mike Brown vs James Carter: who ranks higher?
- James Carter, on 76.0 against Mike Brown's 75.7 — a margin of 0.3 points.