Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 45 | |
| 2011 | 54 | |
| 2012 | 63 | |
| 2013 | 72 | |
| 2014 | 80 | |
| 2015 | 89 | |
| 2016 | 98 | |
| 2017 | 89 | |
| 2018 | 80 | |
| 2019 | 72 | |
| 2020 | 63 | |
| 2021 | 54 | |
| 2022 | 45 |
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 Pernille Blume ranks #62 in Swimming
Pernille Blume ranks 62nd among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 780th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 94, Longevity 80, Honours 84, 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 2010–2022 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2016, 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 olympic gold medals 1, olympic medals 3, european titles 5, world championship medals 3.
Immediately ahead sits Susie O'Neill on 85.5, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Caeleb Dressel on 85.0. 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.
Pernille Blume GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Blume stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2016. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 13 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 Blume comparisons
Pernille Blume — frequently asked
- Is Pernille Blume the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Pernille Blume ranks 62nd in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 85.3, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Pernille Blume's GOAT Score?
- 85.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Pernille Blume rank all time?
- 780th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 62nd within Swimming.
- Pernille Blume vs Susie O'Neill: who ranks higher?
- Susie O'Neill, on 85.5 against Pernille Blume's 85.3 — a margin of 0.2 points.