Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 22.52 | |
| 2017 | 22.65 | |
| 2018 | 22.74 | |
| 2019 | 22.74 | |
| 2020 | 22.91 | |
| 2021 | 23.37 | |
| 2022 | 23.12 | |
| 2023 | 23.56 | |
| 2024 | 23.15 | |
| 2025 | 22.9 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ryan Crouser ranks #30 in Athletics
Ryan Crouser ranks 30th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 205th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 94, Longevity 80, Honours 88, Statistics 92. 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 2013–present with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2023, 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 3, world championship golds 2, shot put world record (m) 23.56, world indoor records 1.
Immediately ahead sits Emil Zátopek on 89.4, a gap of 0.7 points. Directly behind is Grete Waitz on 88.3. 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.
Ryan Crouser GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Crouser stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2023. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Crouser comparisons
Ryan Crouser — frequently asked
- Is Ryan Crouser the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ryan Crouser ranks 30th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 88.7, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Ryan Crouser's GOAT Score?
- 88.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ryan Crouser rank all time?
- 205th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 30th within Athletics.
- Ryan Crouser vs Emil Zátopek: who ranks higher?
- Emil Zátopek, on 89.4 against Ryan Crouser's 88.7 — a margin of 0.7 points.