Category profile
- Dominance
- 74
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 68
- Honours
- 74
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 2 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- Swimrankings
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Minna Atherton ranks #109 in Swimming
Minna Atherton ranks 109th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 1192nd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 78.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 74, Peak 92, Longevity 68, Honours 74, 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 2015–present with 9 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2019, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes short-course world records 1, world championship medals 2, world junior titles 2, isl titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Brigitte Becue on 78.6, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Bengt Baron on 78.2. 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.
Minna Atherton GOAT Score explained
- Dominance74/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Atherton stood above the field while competing. Scored 74/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2019. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity68/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 11 years of competition and 9 recorded seasons. Scored 68/100.
- Honours74/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 74/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Atherton comparisons
Minna Atherton — frequently asked
- Is Minna Atherton the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Minna Atherton ranks 109th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 78.5, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Minna Atherton's GOAT Score?
- 78.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 74 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 68 (20%), Honours 74 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Minna Atherton rank all time?
- 1192nd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 109th within Swimming.
- Minna Atherton vs Brigitte Becue: who ranks higher?
- Brigitte Becue, on 78.6 against Minna Atherton's 78.5 — a margin of 0.1 points.