Category profile
- Dominance
- 76
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 80
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 55 | |
| 2012 | 62 | |
| 2013 | 70 | |
| 2014 | 90 | |
| 2015 | 74 | |
| 2016 | 88 | |
| 2017 | 66 | |
| 2018 | 72 | |
| 2019 | 96 | |
| 2020 | 70 | |
| 2021 | 76 | |
| 2022 | 72 | |
| 2023 | 68 | |
| 2024 | 64 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- European Athletics
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Nia Ali ranks #205 in Athletics
Nia Ali ranks 205th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 1695th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 76, Peak 88, Longevity 80, Honours 82, Statistics 80. 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 2011–present with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2019, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world outdoor titles 1, world indoor titles 2, olympic medals 1, personal best (s) 12.34.
Immediately ahead sits Abeba Aregawi on 81.0, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Mykolas Alekna on 80.9. 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.
Nia Ali GOAT Score explained
- Dominance76/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ali stood above the field while competing. Scored 76/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2019. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics80/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 80/100.
Top Ali comparisons
Nia Ali — frequently asked
- Is Nia Ali the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Nia Ali ranks 205th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 81.0, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Nia Ali's GOAT Score?
- 81.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 76 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 80 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Nia Ali rank all time?
- 1695th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 205th within Athletics.
- Nia Ali vs Abeba Aregawi: who ranks higher?
- Nia Ali, on 81.0 against Abeba Aregawi's 81.0 — a margin of 0.0 points.