Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 50 | |
| 2018 | 57 | |
| 2019 | 65 | |
| 2020 | 72 | |
| 2021 | 79 | |
| 2022 | 87 | |
| 2023 | 94 | |
| 2024 | 91 | |
| 2025 | 88 | |
| 2026 | 85 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics results database
- Olympedia
- National federation records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Simon Bucher ranks #153 in Swimming
Simon Bucher ranks 153rd among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 1517th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 90, Longevity 74, Honours 78, Statistics 88. 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 2017–present with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2023, 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 european championship medals 2, austrian titles 12, national records set 6, olympic appearances 1.
Immediately ahead sits Lindsay Benko on 81.1, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Alessandro Calvi on 81.1. 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.
Simon Bucher GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Bucher stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2023. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 9 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Bucher comparisons
Simon Bucher — frequently asked
- Is Simon Bucher the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Simon Bucher ranks 153rd in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 81.1, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Simon Bucher's GOAT Score?
- 81.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Simon Bucher rank all time?
- 1517th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 153rd within Swimming.
- Simon Bucher vs Lindsay Benko: who ranks higher?
- Simon Bucher, on 81.1 against Lindsay Benko's 81.1 — a margin of 0.0 points.