Category profile
- Dominance
- 92
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 93
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1936 | 70 | |
| 1937 | 88 | |
| 1938 | 96 | |
| 1939 | 97 | |
| 1940 | 95 | |
| 1941 | 90 | |
| 1942 | 80 | |
| 1943 | 30 | |
| 1944 | 20 | |
| 1945 | 20 | |
| 1946 | 25 | |
| 1947 | 35 | |
| 1948 | 45 | |
| 1949 | 40 | |
| 1950 | 35 | |
| 1951 | 30 | |
| 1952 | 25 |
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 Ragnhild Hveger ranks #17 in Swimming
Ragnhild Hveger ranks 17th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 306th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 92, Peak 94, Longevity 80, Honours 82, Statistics 93. 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 1936–1952 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1939, 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 world records 42, olympic silver medals 1, european championship golds 5, olympic games contested 2.
Immediately ahead sits Jenny Thompson on 88.6, a gap of 0.4 points. Directly behind is Alexander Popov on 88.0. 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.
Ragnhild Hveger GOAT Score explained
- Dominance92/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Hveger stood above the field while competing. Scored 92/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1939. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics93/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 93/100.
Top Hveger comparisons
Ragnhild Hveger — frequently asked
- Is Ragnhild Hveger the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ragnhild Hveger ranks 17th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 88.2, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Ragnhild Hveger's GOAT Score?
- 88.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 92 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 93 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ragnhild Hveger rank all time?
- 306th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 17th within Swimming.
- Ragnhild Hveger vs Jenny Thompson: who ranks higher?
- Jenny Thompson, on 88.6 against Ragnhild Hveger's 88.2 — a margin of 0.4 points.