Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 49.89 | |
| 2005 | 48.92 | |
| 2006 | 48.7 | |
| 2007 | 49.27 | |
| 2008 | 49.62 | |
| 2009 | 49 | |
| 2010 | 50 | |
| 2011 | 50.2 | |
| 2012 | 49.55 | |
| 2013 | 49.75 | |
| 2014 | 50.5 | |
| 2015 | 50.8 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- IOC
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Sanya Richards-Ross ranks #37 in Athletics
Sanya Richards-Ross ranks 37th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 235th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 82, Honours 90, Statistics 88. 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 2002–2016 with 12 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 golds 5, world championship golds 5, 400m best (sec) 48.7, diamond league titles 4.
Immediately ahead sits Hicham El Guerrouj on 89.1, a gap of 1.6 points. Directly behind is Edwin Moses on 91.3. 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.
Sanya Richards-Ross GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Richards-Ross 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 2015. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Richards-Ross comparisons
Sanya Richards-Ross — frequently asked
- Is Sanya Richards-Ross the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Sanya Richards-Ross ranks 37th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 87.5, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Sanya Richards-Ross's GOAT Score?
- 87.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Sanya Richards-Ross rank all time?
- 235th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 37th within Athletics.
- Sanya Richards-Ross vs Hicham El Guerrouj: who ranks higher?
- Hicham El Guerrouj, on 89.1 against Sanya Richards-Ross's 87.5 — a margin of 1.6 points.