Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 66
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 45 | |
| 1969 | 58 | |
| 1970 | 71 | |
| 1971 | 84 | |
| 1972 | 97 | |
| 1973 | 76 | |
| 1974 | 55 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics records
- Olympedia
- Swimming Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Novella Calligaris ranks #160 in Swimming
Novella Calligaris ranks 160th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 1554th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 80.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 92, Longevity 66, Honours 82, Statistics 86. 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 1968–1974 with 7 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1972, 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 medals 3, world championship titles 1, world records set 1, european medals 3.
Immediately ahead sits Frédérick Bousquet on 80.9, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Joe Bottom 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.
Novella Calligaris GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Calligaris stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1972. 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.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Calligaris comparisons
Novella Calligaris — frequently asked
- Is Novella Calligaris the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Novella Calligaris ranks 160th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 80.9, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Novella Calligaris's GOAT Score?
- 80.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 66 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Novella Calligaris rank all time?
- 1554th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 160th within Swimming.
- Novella Calligaris vs Frédérick Bousquet: who ranks higher?
- Novella Calligaris, on 80.9 against Frédérick Bousquet's 80.9 — a margin of 0.0 points.