Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 60 | |
| 2013 | 68 | |
| 2014 | 78 | |
| 2015 | 84 | |
| 2016 | 96 | |
| 2017 | 82 | |
| 2018 | 88 | |
| 2019 | 86 | |
| 2020 | 80 | |
| 2021 | 90 | |
| 2022 | 84 | |
| 2023 | 88 | |
| 2024 | 96 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- International Swimming Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Sharon van Rouwendaal ranks #68 in Swimming
Sharon van Rouwendaal ranks 68th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 826th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 84, Honours 84, Statistics 82. 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 2012–present with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2016, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic gold medals 2, olympic medals 3, world championship golds 3, european championship golds 10.
Immediately ahead sits Mike Barrowman on 85.0, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Brooke Bennett on 84.8. 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.
Sharon van Rouwendaal GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Van Rouwendaal stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2016. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Van Rouwendaal comparisons
Sharon van Rouwendaal — frequently asked
- Is Sharon van Rouwendaal the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Sharon van Rouwendaal ranks 68th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 84.9, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Sharon van Rouwendaal's GOAT Score?
- 84.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Sharon van Rouwendaal rank all time?
- 826th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 68th within Swimming.
- Sharon van Rouwendaal vs Mike Barrowman: who ranks higher?
- Mike Barrowman, on 85.0 against Sharon van Rouwendaal's 84.9 — a margin of 0.1 points.