Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 0 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- IOC results
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Roland Schoeman ranks #64 in Swimming
Roland Schoeman ranks 64th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 655th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 88, Longevity 88, Honours 80, Statistics 82. 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 2000–2021 with 22 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2004, 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 gold medals 1, olympic medals 3, world championship golds 3, world records 3.
Immediately ahead sits Qin Haiyang on 83.6, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Dániel Gyurta on 83.5. 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.
Roland Schoeman GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Schoeman stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2004. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 22 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Schoeman comparisons
Roland Schoeman — frequently asked
- Is Roland Schoeman the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Roland Schoeman ranks 64th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 83.5, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Roland Schoeman's GOAT Score?
- 83.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Roland Schoeman rank all time?
- 655th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 64th within Swimming.
- Roland Schoeman vs Qin Haiyang: who ranks higher?
- Qin Haiyang, on 83.6 against Roland Schoeman's 83.5 — a margin of 0.1 points.