Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 5.86 | |
| 2010 | 5.94 | |
| 2011 | 5.9 | |
| 2012 | 5.97 | |
| 2013 | 6.02 | |
| 2014 | 6.16 | |
| 2015 | 6.05 | |
| 2016 | 6.03 | |
| 2017 | 5.93 | |
| 2018 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 6.02 | |
| 2020 | 5.92 | |
| 2021 | 5.85 | |
| 2022 | 5.81 | |
| 2023 | 5.8 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- IOC
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Renaud Lavillenie ranks #34 in Athletics
Renaud Lavillenie ranks 34th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 226th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 86, Honours 86, Statistics 88. Those categories are normalised against the full Athletics reference universe of 309 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 2005–present with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2014, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic golds 1, world indoor titles 3, european titles 4, best vault (m) 6.16.
Immediately ahead sits Daley Thompson on 88.0, a gap of 1.0 points. Directly behind is Rosa Mota on 88.4. 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.
Renaud Lavillenie GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Lavillenie stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2014. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Lavillenie comparisons
Renaud Lavillenie — frequently asked
- Is Renaud Lavillenie the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Renaud Lavillenie ranks 34th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 87.0, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Renaud Lavillenie's GOAT Score?
- 87.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Renaud Lavillenie rank all time?
- 226th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 34th within Athletics.
- Renaud Lavillenie vs Daley Thompson: who ranks higher?
- Daley Thompson, on 88.0 against Renaud Lavillenie's 87.0 — a margin of 1.0 points.