Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 68
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 70 | |
| 1979 | 86 | |
| 1980 | 96 | |
| 1981 | 90 | |
| 1982 | 94 | |
| 1983 | 84 | |
| 1984 | 70 |
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 Petra Schneider ranks #120 in Swimming
Petra Schneider ranks 120th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 1295th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 68, Honours 82, Statistics 86. 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 1978–1984 with 7 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1980, 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 olympic gold medals 1, olympic medals 2, world championship golds 3, european championship golds 5.
Immediately ahead sits Kosuke Hagino on 82.3, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Duncan Scott on 82.3. 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.
Petra Schneider GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Schneider stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1980. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity68/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 6 years of competition and 7 recorded seasons. Scored 68/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Schneider comparisons
Petra Schneider — frequently asked
- Is Petra Schneider the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Petra Schneider ranks 120th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 82.3, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Petra Schneider's GOAT Score?
- 82.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 68 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Petra Schneider rank all time?
- 1295th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 120th within Swimming.
- Petra Schneider vs Kosuke Hagino: who ranks higher?
- Petra Schneider, on 82.3 against Kosuke Hagino's 82.3 — a margin of 0.0 points.