Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 72
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 50 | |
| 1986 | 62 | |
| 1987 | 73 | |
| 1988 | 85 | |
| 1989 | 96 | |
| 1990 | 79 | |
| 1991 | 62 | |
| 1992 | 45 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics records
- Olympedia
- National federation archives
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Stéphan Caron ranks #135 in Swimming
Stéphan Caron ranks 135th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 1414th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 72, Honours 82, Statistics 86. 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 1985–1992 with 8 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1989, 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 medals 2, european titles 2, world championship medals 1, french titles 14.
Immediately ahead sits Gunnar Larsson on 81.6, a gap of -0.1 points. Directly behind is Barbara Bedford on 81.7. 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.
Stéphan Caron GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Caron 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 1989. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity72/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 7 years of competition and 8 recorded seasons. Scored 72/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Caron comparisons
Stéphan Caron — frequently asked
- Is Stéphan Caron the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Stéphan Caron ranks 135th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 81.7, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Stéphan Caron's GOAT Score?
- 81.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 72 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Stéphan Caron rank all time?
- 1414th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 135th within Swimming.
- Stéphan Caron vs Gunnar Larsson: who ranks higher?
- Stéphan Caron, on 81.7 against Gunnar Larsson's 81.6 — a margin of 0.1 points.