Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 101.73 | |
| 1980 | 102.4 | |
| 1981 | 101.73 | |
| 1982 | 103 | |
| 1983 | 103.4 | |
| 1984 | 102.6 | |
| 1985 | 103.2 | |
| 1986 | 102.5 | |
| 1987 | 104 | |
| 1988 | 105 |
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 Sebastian Coe ranks #48 in Athletics
Sebastian Coe ranks 48th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 345th 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 88, Peak 94, Longevity 78, Honours 88, Statistics 90. 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 1975–1990 with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1988, 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 2, olympic medals 4, world records 12, 800 m best (s) 101.73.
Immediately ahead sits Asafa Powell on 84.3, a gap of -3.2 points. Directly behind is Paula Radcliffe on 86.2. 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.
Sebastian Coe GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Coe stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1988. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
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Sebastian Coe — frequently asked
- Is Sebastian Coe the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Sebastian Coe ranks 48th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 87.5, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Sebastian Coe's GOAT Score?
- 87.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Sebastian Coe rank all time?
- 345th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 48th within Athletics.
- Sebastian Coe vs Asafa Powell: who ranks higher?
- Sebastian Coe, on 87.5 against Asafa Powell's 84.3 — a margin of 3.2 points.