Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 95
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 92
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 58 | |
| 1985 | 63 | |
| 1986 | 68 | |
| 1987 | 73 | |
| 1988 | 78 | |
| 1989 | 82 | |
| 1990 | 87 | |
| 1991 | 92 | |
| 1992 | 97 | |
| 1993 | 85 | |
| 1994 | 74 | |
| 1995 | 62 | |
| 1996 | 50 |
Data sources
- World Athletics profile and results
- Olympedia
- National federation records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Mike Conley Sr. ranks #11 in Athletics
Mike Conley Sr. ranks 11th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 161st of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 95, Longevity 86, Honours 92, Statistics 92. Those categories are normalised against the full Athletics reference universe of 308 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1984–1996 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1992, which sets the Peak component at 95. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 95 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic gold medals 1, olympic medals 2, world titles 1, world indoor titles 3.
Immediately ahead sits Mutaz Essa Barshim on 91.1, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Sandra Elkasević on 90.7. 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 Conley Sr. GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Conley stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak95/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1992. Scored 95/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours92/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 92/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Conley comparisons
Mike Conley Sr. — frequently asked
- Is Mike Conley Sr. the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Mike Conley Sr. ranks 11th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 90.9, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Mike Conley Sr.'s GOAT Score?
- 90.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 95 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 92 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Mike Conley Sr. rank all time?
- 161st of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 11th within Athletics.
- Mike Conley Sr. vs Mutaz Essa Barshim: who ranks higher?
- Mutaz Essa Barshim, on 91.1 against Mike Conley Sr.'s 90.9 — a margin of 0.2 points.