Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 3 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- IOC results
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Tatjana Smith ranks #45 in Swimming
Tatjana Smith ranks 45th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 428th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 94, Longevity 74, Honours 86, Statistics 88. 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 2016–2024 with 9 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2020, 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 gold medals 2, olympic silver medals 2, world championship golds 2, world records 2.
Immediately ahead sits Kosuke Kitajima on 85.5, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Ranomi Kromowidjojo 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.
Tatjana Smith GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Smith stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2020. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 8 years of competition and 9 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Smith comparisons
Tatjana Smith — frequently asked
- Is Tatjana Smith the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Tatjana Smith ranks 45th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 85.5, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Tatjana Smith's GOAT Score?
- 85.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Tatjana Smith rank all time?
- 428th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 45th within Swimming.
- Tatjana Smith vs Kosuke Kitajima: who ranks higher?
- Tatjana Smith, on 85.5 against Kosuke Kitajima's 85.5 — a margin of 0.0 points.