Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 2.33 | |
| 1984 | 2.38 | |
| 1985 | 2.38 | |
| 1986 | 2.41 | |
| 1987 | 2.42 | |
| 1988 | 2.38 | |
| 1989 | 2.36 | |
| 1990 | 2.35 | |
| 1991 | 2.36 | |
| 1992 | 2.33 | |
| 1993 | 2.3 | |
| 1994 | 2.28 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- IOC
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Patrik Sjöberg ranks #54 in Athletics
Patrik Sjöberg ranks 54th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 401st of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 80, Honours 84, Statistics 88. Those categories are normalised against the full Athletics reference universe of 309 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1981–1997 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1987, 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 world records 1, world championship golds 1, olympic medals 3, best jump (m) 2.42.
Immediately ahead sits Wilson Kipketer on 86.0, a gap of 0.6 points. Directly behind is Sergey Bubka on 93.2. 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.
Patrik Sjöberg GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Sjöberg stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1987. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Sjöberg comparisons
Patrik Sjöberg — frequently asked
- Is Patrik Sjöberg the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Patrik Sjöberg ranks 54th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 85.4, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Patrik Sjöberg's GOAT Score?
- 85.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Patrik Sjöberg rank all time?
- 401st of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 54th within Athletics.
- Patrik Sjöberg vs Wilson Kipketer: who ranks higher?
- Wilson Kipketer, on 86.0 against Patrik Sjöberg's 85.4 — a margin of 0.6 points.