Category profile
- Dominance
- 94
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 72
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 3 | |
| 1901 | 0 | |
| 1902 | 0 | |
| 1903 | 3 | |
| 1904 | 2 | |
| 1905 | 0 | |
| 1906 | 0 | |
| 1907 | 0 | |
| 1908 | 2 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- IOC results
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ray Ewry ranks #30 in Athletics
Ray Ewry ranks 30th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 190th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 94, Peak 96, Longevity 72, Honours 90, 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 1900–1908 with 9 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1900, which sets the Peak component at 96. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic gold medals 8, olympic games contested 3, individual olympic finals won 8, world bests 3.
Immediately ahead sits Virgilijus Alekna on 89.1, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Ryan Crouser on 88.7. 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.
Ray Ewry GOAT Score explained
- Dominance94/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ewry stood above the field while competing. Scored 94/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1900. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity72/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 8 years of competition and 9 recorded seasons. Scored 72/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Ewry comparisons
Ray Ewry — frequently asked
- Is Ray Ewry the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ray Ewry ranks 30th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 88.9, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Ray Ewry's GOAT Score?
- 88.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 94 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 72 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ray Ewry rank all time?
- 190th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 30th within Athletics.
- Ray Ewry vs Virgilijus Alekna: who ranks higher?
- Virgilijus Alekna, on 89.1 against Ray Ewry's 88.9 — a margin of 0.2 points.