Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 1 | |
| 1983 | 2 | |
| 1984 | 3 | |
| 1985 | 2 | |
| 1986 | 3 | |
| 1987 | 3 | |
| 1988 | 4 | |
| 1989 | 3 | |
| 1990 | 2 | |
| 1991 | 1 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- IOC
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Rosa Mota ranks #35 in Athletics
Rosa Mota ranks 35th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 227th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 92, Longevity 84, Honours 90, 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 1975–1992 with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1988, 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 championship golds 1, european golds 3, marathon wins 14.
Immediately ahead sits Renaud Lavillenie on 87.0, a gap of -1.4 points. Directly behind is Hicham El Guerrouj on 89.1. 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.
Rosa Mota GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Mota stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1988. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Mota comparisons
Rosa Mota — frequently asked
- Is Rosa Mota the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Rosa Mota ranks 35th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 88.4, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Rosa Mota's GOAT Score?
- 88.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Rosa Mota rank all time?
- 227th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 35th within Athletics.
- Rosa Mota vs Renaud Lavillenie: who ranks higher?
- Rosa Mota, on 88.4 against Renaud Lavillenie's 87.0 — a margin of 1.4 points.