Category profile
- Dominance
- 92
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 70
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 4.18 | |
| 1987 | 4.16 | |
| 1988 | 4.14 | |
| 1989 | 4.15 | |
| 1990 | 4.13 | |
| 1991 | 4.12 | |
| 1992 | 4.14 | |
| 1993 | 4.16 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- IOC
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Tamás Darnyi ranks #24 in Swimming
Tamás Darnyi ranks 24th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 403rd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 92, Peak 94, Longevity 70, Honours 90, Statistics 90. Those categories are normalised against the full Swimming reference universe of 288 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1985–1993 with 8 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1986, 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 olympic golds 4, world championship golds 5, world records 6, 400m medley best (min) 4.12.
Immediately ahead sits Mark Spitz on 87.5, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Ian Thorpe on 85.5. 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.
Tamás Darnyi GOAT Score explained
- Dominance92/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Darnyi stood above the field while competing. Scored 92/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1986. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity70/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 8 years of competition and 8 recorded seasons. Scored 70/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Darnyi comparisons
Tamás Darnyi — frequently asked
- Is Tamás Darnyi the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Tamás Darnyi ranks 24th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 87.3, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Tamás Darnyi's GOAT Score?
- 87.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 92 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 70 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Tamás Darnyi rank all time?
- 403rd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 24th within Swimming.
- Tamás Darnyi vs Mark Spitz: who ranks higher?
- Mark Spitz, on 87.5 against Tamás Darnyi's 87.3 — a margin of 0.2 points.