Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 54
- Honours
- 74
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 58.8 | |
| 2019 | 57.57 | |
| 2020 | 58.1 | |
| 2021 | 58.05 | |
| 2022 | 57.7 | |
| 2023 | 57.5 | |
| 2024 | 57.13 | |
| 2025 | 57.3 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- IOC
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Regan Smith ranks #40 in Swimming
Regan Smith ranks 40th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 944th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 75.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 88, Longevity 54, Honours 74, Statistics 84. Those categories are normalised against the full Swimming reference universe of 288 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 2018, 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 olympic golds 2, olympic medals 8, world titles 5, world records 4.
Immediately ahead sits Shane Gould on 80.9, a gap of 5.6 points. Directly behind is David Popovici on 70.4. 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.
Regan Smith GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Smith stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2018. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity54/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 9 years of competition and 8 recorded seasons. Scored 54/100.
- Honours74/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 74/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Smith comparisons
Regan Smith — frequently asked
- Is Regan Smith the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Regan Smith ranks 40th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 75.3, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Regan Smith's GOAT Score?
- 75.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 54 (20%), Honours 74 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Regan Smith rank all time?
- 944th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 40th within Swimming.
- Regan Smith vs Shane Gould: who ranks higher?
- Shane Gould, on 80.9 against Regan Smith's 75.3 — a margin of 5.6 points.