Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 94
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1.85 | |
| 1999 | 1.88 | |
| 2000 | 1.9 | |
| 2001 | 1.92 | |
| 2002 | 1.94 | |
| 2003 | 1.96 | |
| 2004 | 1.97 | |
| 2005 | 1.98 | |
| 2006 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 2.02 | |
| 2008 | 1.98 | |
| 2009 | 1.97 | |
| 2010 | 1.99 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 1.99 | |
| 2013 | 1.98 | |
| 2014 | 1.97 | |
| 2015 | 1.97 | |
| 2016 | 1.97 | |
| 2017 | 1.94 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- European Athletics
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ruth Beitia ranks #15 in Athletics
Ruth Beitia ranks 15th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 100th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 94, Longevity 94, Honours 90, Statistics 92. Those categories are normalised against the full Athletics reference universe of 313 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1996–2017 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2007, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic golds 1, european titles 3, high jump best 2.02, olympic games 5.
Immediately ahead sits Fanny Blankers-Koen on 90.5, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Yelena Isinbayeva on 90.3. 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.
Ruth Beitia GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Beitia stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2007. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity94/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 94/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Beitia comparisons
Ruth Beitia — frequently asked
- Is Ruth Beitia the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ruth Beitia ranks 15th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 90.4, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Ruth Beitia's GOAT Score?
- 90.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 94 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ruth Beitia rank all time?
- 100th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 15th within Athletics.
- Ruth Beitia vs Fanny Blankers-Koen: who ranks higher?
- Fanny Blankers-Koen, on 90.5 against Ruth Beitia's 90.4 — a margin of 0.1 points.