Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 0 | |
| 1997 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- IOC
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Pieter van den Hoogenband ranks #28 in Swimming
Pieter van den Hoogenband ranks 28th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 468th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 78, Honours 84, Statistics 86. Those categories are normalised against the full Swimming reference universe of 288 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1995–2008 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1999, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic golds 3, olympic medals 7, world titles 4, world records 2.
Immediately ahead sits Matt Biondi on 85.0, a gap of 0.7 points. Directly behind is Kristin Otto on 86.8. 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.
Pieter van den Hoogenband GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Hoogenband stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1999. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Hoogenband comparisons
Pieter van den Hoogenband — frequently asked
- Is Pieter van den Hoogenband the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Pieter van den Hoogenband ranks 28th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 84.3, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Pieter van den Hoogenband's GOAT Score?
- 84.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Pieter van den Hoogenband rank all time?
- 468th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 28th within Swimming.
- Pieter van den Hoogenband vs Matt Biondi: who ranks higher?
- Matt Biondi, on 85.0 against Pieter van den Hoogenband's 84.3 — a margin of 0.7 points.