Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 118 | |
| 2005 | 117 | |
| 2006 | 116.5 | |
| 2007 | 115.8 | |
| 2008 | 115.3 | |
| 2009 | 114.87 | |
| 2010 | 114 | |
| 2011 | 114.5 | |
| 2012 | 115 | |
| 2013 | 115.5 | |
| 2014 | 116 | |
| 2015 | 116.5 | |
| 2016 | 117 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ryan Lochte ranks #11 in Swimming
Ryan Lochte ranks 11th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 223rd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 88, Longevity 86, Honours 88, Statistics 88. Those categories are normalised against the full Swimming reference universe of 288 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 2004–2021 with 13 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 golds 6, olympic medals 12, world championship golds 18, world records 3.
Immediately ahead sits Adam Peaty on 88.7, a gap of 2.6 points. Directly behind is Yana Klochkova on 87.9. 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 Lochte GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Lochte stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2004. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Lochte comparisons
Ryan Lochte — frequently asked
- Is Ryan Lochte the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ryan Lochte ranks 11th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 86.1, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Ryan Lochte's GOAT Score?
- 86.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ryan Lochte rank all time?
- 223rd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 11th within Swimming.
- Ryan Lochte vs Adam Peaty: who ranks higher?
- Adam Peaty, on 88.7 against Ryan Lochte's 86.1 — a margin of 2.6 points.