Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 66
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 50 | |
| 1972 | 74 | |
| 1973 | 97 | |
| 1974 | 81 | |
| 1975 | 66 | |
| 1976 | 50 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics records
- Olympedia
- National federation archives
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Robin Backhaus ranks #129 in Swimming
Robin Backhaus ranks 129th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 1390th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 92, Longevity 66, Honours 84, Statistics 86. 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 1971–1976 with 6 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1973, 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 world championship titles 1, olympic medals 1, us titles 4, ncaa titles 2.
Immediately ahead sits Brendan Hansen on 81.8, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Summer McIntosh on 81.7. 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.
Robin Backhaus GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Backhaus stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1973. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity66/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 5 years of competition and 6 recorded seasons. Scored 66/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Backhaus comparisons
Robin Backhaus — frequently asked
- Is Robin Backhaus the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Robin Backhaus ranks 129th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 81.8, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Robin Backhaus's GOAT Score?
- 81.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 66 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Robin Backhaus rank all time?
- 1390th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 129th within Swimming.
- Robin Backhaus vs Brendan Hansen: who ranks higher?
- Robin Backhaus, on 81.8 against Brendan Hansen's 81.8 — a margin of 0.0 points.