Category profile
- Dominance
- 66
- Peak
- 82
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 72
- Statistics
- 74
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 50 | |
| 1998 | 62 | |
| 1999 | 74 | |
| 2000 | 86 | |
| 2001 | 94 | |
| 2002 | 96 | |
| 2003 | 88 | |
| 2004 | 82 | |
| 2005 | 76 | |
| 2006 | 68 | |
| 2007 | 58 | |
| 2008 | 48 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- European Aquatics
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Örn Arnarson ranks #259 in Swimming
Örn Arnarson ranks 259th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 2875th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 74.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 66, Peak 82, Longevity 78, Honours 72, Statistics 74. 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 1997–2008 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2002, which sets the Peak component at 82. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 82 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes european short course titles 2, european long course medals 1, icelandic records 20, olympic games contested 3.
Immediately ahead sits Zach Apple on 74.1, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Duncan Goodhew on 73.9. 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.
Örn Arnarson GOAT Score explained
- Dominance66/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Arnarson stood above the field while competing. Scored 66/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak82/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2002. Scored 82/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 11 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours72/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 72/100.
- Statistics74/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 74/100.
Top Arnarson comparisons
Örn Arnarson — frequently asked
- Is Örn Arnarson the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Örn Arnarson ranks 259th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 74.0, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Örn Arnarson's GOAT Score?
- 74.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 66 (25%), Peak 82 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 72 (20%), Statistics 74 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Örn Arnarson rank all time?
- 2875th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 259th within Swimming.
- Örn Arnarson vs Zach Apple: who ranks higher?
- Zach Apple, on 74.1 against Örn Arnarson's 74.0 — a margin of 0.1 points.