Category profile
- Dominance
- 70
- Peak
- 82
- Longevity
- 76
- Honours
- 76
- Statistics
- 80
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 50 | |
| 1971 | 58 | |
| 1972 | 65 | |
| 1973 | 73 | |
| 1974 | 80 | |
| 1975 | 88 | |
| 1976 | 79 | |
| 1977 | 71 | |
| 1978 | 62 | |
| 1979 | 54 | |
| 1980 | 45 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics results database
- Olympedia
- National federation records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Paolo Barelli ranks #241 in Swimming
Paolo Barelli ranks 241st among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 2558th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 76.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 70, Peak 82, Longevity 76, Honours 76, Statistics 80. 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 1970–1980 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1975, 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 olympic appearances 1, mediterranean games medals 2, italian titles 6, national records 4.
Immediately ahead sits Randall Bal on 76.4, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Leith Brodie on 76.3. 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.
Paolo Barelli GOAT Score explained
- Dominance70/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Barelli stood above the field while competing. Scored 70/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak82/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1975. Scored 82/100.
- Longevity76/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 10 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 76/100.
- Honours76/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 76/100.
- Statistics80/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 80/100.
Top Barelli comparisons
Paolo Barelli — frequently asked
- Is Paolo Barelli the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Paolo Barelli ranks 241st in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 76.3, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Paolo Barelli's GOAT Score?
- 76.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 70 (25%), Peak 82 (20%), Longevity 76 (20%), Honours 76 (20%), Statistics 80 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Paolo Barelli rank all time?
- 2558th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 241st within Swimming.
- Paolo Barelli vs Randall Bal: who ranks higher?
- Randall Bal, on 76.4 against Paolo Barelli's 76.3 — a margin of 0.1 points.