Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 40 | |
| 1987 | 46 | |
| 1988 | 51 | |
| 1989 | 57 | |
| 1990 | 62 | |
| 1991 | 68 | |
| 1992 | 74 | |
| 1993 | 79 | |
| 1994 | 85 | |
| 1995 | 90 | |
| 1996 | 96 | |
| 1997 | 66 | |
| 1998 | 35 |
Data sources
- World Athletics records
- Olympedia
- Track and Field Statistics
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Roger Black ranks #106 in Athletics
Roger Black ranks 106th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 909th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 92, Longevity 82, Honours 86, Statistics 86. Those categories are normalised against the full Athletics reference universe of 308 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1986–1998 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1996, 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 2, olympic silver medals 2, european championship titles 3, personal best in seconds 4437.
Immediately ahead sits James Beckford on 85.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Dwight Phillips on 85.2. 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.
Roger Black GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Black stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1996. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Black comparisons
Roger Black — frequently asked
- Is Roger Black the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Roger Black ranks 106th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 85.4, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Roger Black's GOAT Score?
- 85.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Roger Black rank all time?
- 909th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 106th within Athletics.
- Roger Black vs James Beckford: who ranks higher?
- Roger Black, on 85.4 against James Beckford's 85.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.