Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 55 | |
| 1991 | 66 | |
| 1992 | 78 | |
| 1993 | 82 | |
| 1994 | 88 | |
| 1995 | 90 | |
| 1996 | 95 | |
| 1997 | 88 | |
| 1998 | 90 | |
| 1999 | 88 | |
| 2000 | 94 |
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 Susie O'Neill ranks #61 in Swimming
Susie O'Neill ranks 61st among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 740th of 4013 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 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 1990–2000 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1996, 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 2, olympic medals 8, world championship golds 4, commonwealth games golds 10.
Immediately ahead sits Ranomi Kromowidjojo on 85.5, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Pernille Blume on 85.3. 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.
Susie O'Neill GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far O'Neill stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1996. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 10 years of competition and 11 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 O'Neill comparisons
Susie O'Neill — frequently asked
- Is Susie O'Neill the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Susie O'Neill ranks 61st in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 85.5, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Susie O'Neill'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 Susie O'Neill rank all time?
- 740th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 61st within Swimming.
- Susie O'Neill vs Ranomi Kromowidjojo: who ranks higher?
- Susie O'Neill, on 85.5 against Ranomi Kromowidjojo's 85.5 — a margin of 0.0 points.