Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 239 | |
| 2016 | 236 | |
| 2017 | 234 | |
| 2018 | 231.61 | |
| 2019 | 230.13 | |
| 2020 | 229.6 | |
| 2021 | 213.11 | |
| 2022 | 210 | |
| 2023 | 209.68 | |
| 2024 | 7540 |
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 Sifan Hassan ranks #51 in Athletics
Sifan Hassan ranks 51st among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 360th of 1063 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 80, Honours 88, 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 2013–present with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2024, 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 3, world championship golds 3, world records 2, marathon major wins 2.
Immediately ahead sits Stefan Holm on 85.5, a gap of -1.2 points. Directly behind is Elaine Thompson-Herah on 85.1. 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.
Sifan Hassan GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Hassan 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 2024. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Hassan comparisons
Sifan Hassan — frequently asked
- Is Sifan Hassan the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Sifan Hassan ranks 51st in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 86.7, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Sifan Hassan's GOAT Score?
- 86.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Sifan Hassan rank all time?
- 360th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 51st within Athletics.
- Sifan Hassan vs Stefan Holm: who ranks higher?
- Sifan Hassan, on 86.7 against Stefan Holm's 85.5 — a margin of 1.2 points.