Category profile
- Dominance
- 76
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 45 | |
| 1999 | 50 | |
| 2000 | 56 | |
| 2001 | 61 | |
| 2002 | 66 | |
| 2003 | 72 | |
| 2004 | 77 | |
| 2005 | 82 | |
| 2006 | 88 | |
| 2007 | 93 | |
| 2008 | 81 | |
| 2009 | 70 | |
| 2010 | 58 | |
| 2011 | 47 | |
| 2012 | 35 |
Data sources
- World Athletics records
- Olympedia
- European Athletics archives
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ralf Bartels ranks #182 in Athletics
Ralf Bartels ranks 182nd among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 1539th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 76, Peak 88, Longevity 84, Honours 78, Statistics 86. Those categories are normalised against the full Athletics reference universe of 308 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1998–2012 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2007, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world championship medals 1, european championship medals 2, german titles 5, personal best in centimetres 2140.
Immediately ahead sits Kelly Holmes on 83.6, a gap of 1.7 points. Directly behind is Edwin Moses on 91.3. 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.
Ralf Bartels GOAT Score explained
- Dominance76/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Bartels stood above the field while competing. Scored 76/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2007. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Bartels comparisons
Ralf Bartels — frequently asked
- Is Ralf Bartels the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ralf Bartels ranks 182nd in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 81.9, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Ralf Bartels's GOAT Score?
- 81.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 76 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ralf Bartels rank all time?
- 1539th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 182nd within Athletics.
- Ralf Bartels vs Kelly Holmes: who ranks higher?
- Kelly Holmes, on 83.6 against Ralf Bartels's 81.9 — a margin of 1.7 points.