Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 64
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 55 | |
| 1976 | 98 | |
| 1977 | 87 | |
| 1978 | 77 | |
| 1979 | 66 | |
| 1980 | 55 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics records
- Olympedia
- Swimming Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Mike Bruner ranks #113 in Swimming
Mike Bruner ranks 113th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 1247th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 94, Longevity 64, Honours 84, Statistics 88. 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 1975–1980 with 6 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1976, 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 2, world records set 3, ncaa titles 5, us titles 4.
Immediately ahead sits Daiya Seto on 82.7, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Hannelore Anke on 82.6. 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 Bruner GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Bruner stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1976. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity64/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 5 years of competition and 6 recorded seasons. Scored 64/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Bruner comparisons
Mike Bruner — frequently asked
- Is Mike Bruner the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Mike Bruner ranks 113th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 82.6, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Mike Bruner's GOAT Score?
- 82.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 64 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Mike Bruner rank all time?
- 1247th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 113th within Swimming.
- Mike Bruner vs Daiya Seto: who ranks higher?
- Daiya Seto, on 82.7 against Mike Bruner's 82.6 — a margin of 0.1 points.