Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 1 | |
| 1967 | 2 | |
| 1968 | 2 | |
| 1969 | 3 | |
| 1970 | 2 | |
| 1971 | 3 | |
| 1972 | 3 | |
| 1973 | 2 | |
| 1974 | 2 | |
| 1975 | 1 | |
| 1976 | 1 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- IOC results
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Nadezhda Chizhova ranks #33 in Athletics
Nadezhda Chizhova ranks 33rd among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 199th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 94, Longevity 80, Honours 88, Statistics 92. Those categories are normalised against the full Athletics reference universe of 313 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1966–1976 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1969, 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 1, olympic medals 3, world records 8, european titles 3.
Immediately ahead sits Iván Pedroso on 88.8, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Elaine Thompson-Herah on 85.1. 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.
Nadezhda Chizhova GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Chizhova stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1969. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 10 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Chizhova comparisons
Nadezhda Chizhova — frequently asked
- Is Nadezhda Chizhova the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Nadezhda Chizhova ranks 33rd in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 88.7, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Nadezhda Chizhova's GOAT Score?
- 88.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Nadezhda Chizhova rank all time?
- 199th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 33rd within Athletics.
- Nadezhda Chizhova vs Iván Pedroso: who ranks higher?
- Iván Pedroso, on 88.8 against Nadezhda Chizhova's 88.7 — a margin of 0.1 points.