Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 47.02 | |
| 2019 | 46.98 | |
| 2020 | 46.83 | |
| 2021 | 46.17 | |
| 2022 | 47.12 | |
| 2023 | 46.39 | |
| 2024 | 46.46 | |
| 2025 | 46.8 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- European Athletics
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Rai Benjamin ranks #53 in Athletics
Rai Benjamin ranks 53rd among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 326th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 94, Longevity 78, Honours 88, Statistics 92. Those categories are normalised against the full Athletics reference universe of 313 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 2017–present with 8 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2022, 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 2, olympic medals 5, world championship golds 2, 400 m hurdles best 46.17.
Immediately ahead sits Hicham El Guerrouj on 89.1, a gap of 1.8 points. Directly behind is Nourredine Morceli on 89.1. 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.
Rai Benjamin GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Benjamin stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2022. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 9 years of competition and 8 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Benjamin comparisons
Rai Benjamin — frequently asked
- Is Rai Benjamin the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Rai Benjamin ranks 53rd in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 87.3, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Rai Benjamin's GOAT Score?
- 87.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Rai Benjamin rank all time?
- 326th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 53rd within Athletics.
- Rai Benjamin vs Hicham El Guerrouj: who ranks higher?
- Hicham El Guerrouj, on 89.1 against Rai Benjamin's 87.3 — a margin of 1.8 points.