Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 2.28 | |
| 1997 | 2.3 | |
| 1998 | 2.32 | |
| 1999 | 2.33 | |
| 2000 | 2.34 | |
| 2001 | 2.35 | |
| 2002 | 2.34 | |
| 2003 | 2.37 | |
| 2004 | 2.37 | |
| 2005 | 2.4 | |
| 2006 | 2.36 | |
| 2007 | 2.33 | |
| 2008 | 2.3 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- IOC
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Stefan Holm ranks #50 in Athletics
Stefan Holm ranks 50th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 354th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 82, Honours 86, Statistics 86. 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 1993–2008 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2005, 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 golds 1, world indoor titles 4, european indoor titles 3, best jump (m) 2.4.
Immediately ahead sits Paula Radcliffe on 86.2, a gap of 0.7 points. Directly behind is Sifan Hassan on 86.7. 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.
Stefan Holm GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Holm stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2005. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Holm comparisons
Stefan Holm — frequently asked
- Is Stefan Holm the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Stefan Holm ranks 50th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 85.5, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Stefan Holm's GOAT Score?
- 85.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Stefan Holm rank all time?
- 354th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 50th within Athletics.
- Stefan Holm vs Paula Radcliffe: who ranks higher?
- Paula Radcliffe, on 86.2 against Stefan Holm's 85.5 — a margin of 0.7 points.