Category profile
- Dominance
- 68
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 76
- Honours
- 72
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 25.2 | |
| 2003 | 25 | |
| 2004 | 24.8 | |
| 2005 | 24.6 | |
| 2006 | 24.5 | |
| 2007 | 24.33 | |
| 2008 | 24.5 | |
| 2009 | 24.7 | |
| 2010 | 24.9 | |
| 2011 | 25.1 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- Swimming World
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Randall Bal ranks #119 in Swimming
Randall Bal ranks 119th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 1456th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 76.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 68, Peak 86, Longevity 76, Honours 72, Statistics 84. 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 2000–2012 with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2002, which sets the Peak component at 86. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 86 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world short-course golds 2, world records 1, 50 m backstroke best 24.33, pan pacific medals 1.
Immediately ahead sits Greg Burgess on 76.5, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Zoë Baker on 76.1. 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.
Randall Bal GOAT Score explained
- Dominance68/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Bal stood above the field while competing. Scored 68/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2002. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity76/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 76/100.
- Honours72/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 72/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Bal comparisons
Randall Bal — frequently asked
- Is Randall Bal the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Randall Bal ranks 119th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 76.4, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Randall Bal's GOAT Score?
- 76.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 68 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 76 (20%), Honours 72 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Randall Bal rank all time?
- 1456th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 119th within Swimming.
- Randall Bal vs Greg Burgess: who ranks higher?
- Greg Burgess, on 76.5 against Randall Bal's 76.4 — a margin of 0.1 points.