Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 66
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 0 | |
| 2003 | 0 |
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 Noah Ngeny ranks #168 in Athletics
Noah Ngeny ranks 168th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 1245th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 80.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 92, Longevity 66, Honours 78, Statistics 86. 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 1997–2003 with 7 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1999, 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 olympic gold medals 1, world championship medals 1, world records 1, 1000 m world record 2.12.
Immediately ahead sits Vera Nikolić on 80.7, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Kateřina Baďurová on 78.6. 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.
Noah Ngeny GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ngeny stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1999. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity66/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 6 years of competition and 7 recorded seasons. Scored 66/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
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Noah Ngeny — frequently asked
- Is Noah Ngeny the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Noah Ngeny ranks 168th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 80.6, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Noah Ngeny's GOAT Score?
- 80.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 66 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Noah Ngeny rank all time?
- 1245th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 168th within Athletics.
- Noah Ngeny vs Vera Nikolić: who ranks higher?
- Vera Nikolić, on 80.7 against Noah Ngeny's 80.6 — a margin of 0.1 points.