Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 72
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 78 | |
| 2016 | 94 | |
| 2017 | 84 | |
| 2018 | 90 | |
| 2019 | 96 | |
| 2020 | 70 | |
| 2021 | 62 | |
| 2022 | 74 | |
| 2023 | 70 |
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 Simone Manuel ranks #141 in Swimming
Simone Manuel ranks 141st among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 1429th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 72, 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 2015–present with 9 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2019, 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 4, olympic medals 7, world championship golds 7, world championship medals 16.
Immediately ahead sits Ye Shiwen on 81.5, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Sun Yang on 81.4. 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.
Simone Manuel GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Manuel stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2019. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity72/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 11 years of competition and 9 recorded seasons. Scored 72/100.
- 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 Manuel comparisons
Simone Manuel — frequently asked
- Is Simone Manuel the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Simone Manuel ranks 141st in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 81.5, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Simone Manuel's GOAT Score?
- 81.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 72 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Simone Manuel rank all time?
- 1429th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 141st within Swimming.
- Simone Manuel vs Ye Shiwen: who ranks higher?
- Simone Manuel, on 81.5 against Ye Shiwen's 81.5 — a margin of 0.0 points.