Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 62
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 3 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- IOC results
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Pan Zhanle ranks #73 in Swimming
Pan Zhanle ranks 73rd among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 727th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 96, Longevity 62, Honours 80, Statistics 88. 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 2021–present with 5 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2024, which sets the Peak component at 96. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic gold medals 2, world records 2, world championship golds 1, asian games golds 3.
Immediately ahead sits Emiliano Brembilla on 82.8, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Pär Arvidsson on 82.4. 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.
Pan Zhanle GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Pan stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2024. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity62/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 5 years of competition and 5 recorded seasons. Scored 62/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Pan comparisons
Pan Zhanle — frequently asked
- Is Pan Zhanle the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Pan Zhanle ranks 73rd in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 82.8, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Pan Zhanle's GOAT Score?
- 82.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 62 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Pan Zhanle rank all time?
- 727th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 73rd within Swimming.
- Pan Zhanle vs Emiliano Brembilla: who ranks higher?
- Pan Zhanle, on 82.8 against Emiliano Brembilla's 82.8 — a margin of 0.0 points.