Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
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 Ryan Murphy ranks #35 in Swimming
Ryan Murphy ranks 35th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 304th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 82, Honours 86, Statistics 88. 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 2013–present with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2015, 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 gold medals 4, olympic medals 9, world championship golds 5, world records 1.
Immediately ahead sits Kieren Perkins on 86.7, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Alia Atkinson on 86.4. 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 Murphy GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Murphy stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2015. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Murphy comparisons
Ryan Murphy — frequently asked
- Is Ryan Murphy the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ryan Murphy ranks 35th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 86.7, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Ryan Murphy's GOAT Score?
- 86.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ryan Murphy rank all time?
- 304th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 35th within Swimming.
- Ryan Murphy vs Kieren Perkins: who ranks higher?
- Ryan Murphy, on 86.7 against Kieren Perkins's 86.7 — a margin of 0.0 points.