Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 45 | |
| 2005 | 56 | |
| 2006 | 66 | |
| 2007 | 77 | |
| 2008 | 87 | |
| 2009 | 98 | |
| 2010 | 90 | |
| 2011 | 81 | |
| 2012 | 73 | |
| 2013 | 65 | |
| 2014 | 57 | |
| 2015 | 48 | |
| 2016 | 40 |
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 Paul Biedermann ranks #46 in Swimming
Paul Biedermann ranks 46th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 574th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 94, Longevity 82, Honours 84, Statistics 90. 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 2004–2016 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2009, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world championship titles 2, world records set 2, european titles 5, world championship medals 5.
Immediately ahead sits Shirley Babashoff on 86.5, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Alain Bernard on 86.5. 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.
Paul Biedermann GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Biedermann stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2009. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Biedermann comparisons
Paul Biedermann — frequently asked
- Is Paul Biedermann the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Paul Biedermann ranks 46th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 86.5, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Paul Biedermann's GOAT Score?
- 86.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Paul Biedermann rank all time?
- 574th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 46th within Swimming.
- Paul Biedermann vs Shirley Babashoff: who ranks higher?
- Paul Biedermann, on 86.5 against Shirley Babashoff's 86.5 — a margin of 0.0 points.