Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 62
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 3 | |
| 1959 | 5 | |
| 1960 | 8 | |
| 1961 | 7 | |
| 1962 | 9 | |
| 1963 | 6 | |
| 1964 | 8 | |
| 1965 | 4 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- IOC
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Peter Snell ranks #79 in Athletics
Peter Snell ranks 79th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 718th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 94, Longevity 62, Honours 88, 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 1957–1965 with 8 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1962, 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 golds 3, world records 6, commonwealth golds 2, 800m best (sec) 104.3.
Immediately ahead sits Blanka Vlašić on 81.9, a gap of -2.6 points. Directly behind is Karsten Warholm on 84.7. 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.
Peter Snell GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Snell stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1962. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity62/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 8 years of competition and 8 recorded seasons. Scored 62/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Snell comparisons
Peter Snell — frequently asked
- Is Peter Snell the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Peter Snell ranks 79th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 84.5, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Peter Snell's GOAT Score?
- 84.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 62 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Peter Snell rank all time?
- 718th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 79th within Athletics.
- Peter Snell vs Blanka Vlašić: who ranks higher?
- Peter Snell, on 84.5 against Blanka Vlašić's 81.9 — a margin of 2.6 points.