Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 2 | |
| 1985 | 2.04 | |
| 1986 | 2.07 | |
| 1987 | 2.09 | |
| 1988 | 2.04 | |
| 1989 | 2.02 | |
| 1990 | 2.01 | |
| 1991 | 2.02 | |
| 1992 | 2.04 | |
| 1993 | 2.02 | |
| 1994 | 2.01 | |
| 1995 | 2.05 | |
| 1996 | 1.99 | |
| 1997 | 1.96 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- IOC
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Stefka Kostadinova ranks #19 in Athletics
Stefka Kostadinova ranks 19th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 114th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 94, Longevity 86, Honours 88, Statistics 92. 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 1982–1999 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1987, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world records 1, olympic golds 1, world championship golds 2, world indoor golds 5.
Immediately ahead sits Fanny Blankers-Koen on 90.5, a gap of 0.6 points. Directly behind is Michael Johnson on 88.5. 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.
Stefka Kostadinova GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Kostadinova stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1987. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Kostadinova comparisons
Stefka Kostadinova — frequently asked
- Is Stefka Kostadinova the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Stefka Kostadinova ranks 19th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 89.9, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Stefka Kostadinova's GOAT Score?
- 89.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Stefka Kostadinova rank all time?
- 114th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 19th within Athletics.
- Stefka Kostadinova vs Fanny Blankers-Koen: who ranks higher?
- Fanny Blankers-Koen, on 90.5 against Stefka Kostadinova's 89.9 — a margin of 0.6 points.