Category profile
- Dominance
- 76
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 72
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 78
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 94 | |
| 2017 | 76 | |
| 2018 | 80 | |
| 2019 | 84 | |
| 2020 | 88 | |
| 2021 | 74 | |
| 2022 | 70 | |
| 2023 | 68 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- International Swimming Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Penny Oleksiak ranks #207 in Swimming
Penny Oleksiak ranks 207th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 2056th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 78.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 76, Peak 88, Longevity 72, Honours 80, Statistics 78. 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 2016–present with 8 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2016, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic gold medals 1, olympic medals 7, world championship medals 5, commonwealth games golds 2.
Immediately ahead sits Ippei Watanabe on 78.8, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Mayumi Aoki on 78.7. 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.
Penny Oleksiak GOAT Score explained
- Dominance76/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Oleksiak stood above the field while competing. Scored 76/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2016. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity72/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 10 years of competition and 8 recorded seasons. Scored 72/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics78/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 78/100.
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Penny Oleksiak — frequently asked
- Is Penny Oleksiak the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Penny Oleksiak ranks 207th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 78.7, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Penny Oleksiak's GOAT Score?
- 78.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 76 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 72 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 78 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Penny Oleksiak rank all time?
- 2056th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 207th within Swimming.
- Penny Oleksiak vs Ippei Watanabe: who ranks higher?
- Ippei Watanabe, on 78.8 against Penny Oleksiak's 78.7 — a margin of 0.1 points.