Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 50 | |
| 1985 | 58 | |
| 1986 | 68 | |
| 1987 | 74 | |
| 1988 | 78 | |
| 1989 | 82 | |
| 1990 | 86 | |
| 1991 | 88 | |
| 1992 | 94 | |
| 1993 | 98 | |
| 1994 | 84 | |
| 1995 | 78 | |
| 1996 | 70 | |
| 1997 | 60 |
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 Sally Gunnell ranks #87 in Athletics
Sally Gunnell ranks 87th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 792nd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 78, Honours 88, Statistics 86. Those categories are normalised against the full Athletics reference universe of 308 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1984–1997 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1993, 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 1, world championship golds 1, european championship golds 1, commonwealth games golds 2.
Immediately ahead sits Wilson Kipketer on 86.0, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Moses Kiptanui on 85.9. 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.
Sally Gunnell GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Gunnell stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1993. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Gunnell comparisons
Sally Gunnell — frequently asked
- Is Sally Gunnell the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Sally Gunnell ranks 87th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 86.0, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Sally Gunnell's GOAT Score?
- 86.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Sally Gunnell rank all time?
- 792nd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 87th within Athletics.
- Sally Gunnell vs Wilson Kipketer: who ranks higher?
- Sally Gunnell, on 86.0 against Wilson Kipketer's 86.0 — a margin of 0.0 points.