Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 70
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 126 | |
| 2012 | 124.06 | |
| 2013 | 125 | |
| 2014 | 125.5 | |
| 2015 | 126.5 | |
| 2016 | 128 | |
| 2017 | 130 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Missy Franklin ranks #33 in Swimming
Missy Franklin ranks 33rd among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 679th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 70, Honours 86, Statistics 84. Those categories are normalised against the full Swimming reference universe of 288 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 2010–2018 with 7 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2017, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic golds 5, world championship golds 11, world records 2, 200 m backstroke record (s) 124.06.
Immediately ahead sits Léon Marchand on 83.8, a gap of 2.0 points. Directly behind is Sun Yang on 81.4. 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.
Missy Franklin GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Franklin stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2017. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity70/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 8 years of competition and 7 recorded seasons. Scored 70/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Franklin comparisons
Missy Franklin — frequently asked
- Is Missy Franklin the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Missy Franklin ranks 33rd in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 81.8, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Missy Franklin's GOAT Score?
- 81.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 70 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Missy Franklin rank all time?
- 679th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 33rd within Swimming.
- Missy Franklin vs Léon Marchand: who ranks higher?
- Léon Marchand, on 83.8 against Missy Franklin's 81.8 — a margin of 2.0 points.