Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 3 | |
| 1995 | 4 | |
| 1996 | 3 | |
| 1997 | 4 | |
| 1998 | 5 | |
| 1999 | 4 | |
| 2000 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- IOC
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Tegla Loroupe ranks #60 in Athletics
Tegla Loroupe ranks 60th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 476th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 88, Longevity 84, Honours 80, Statistics 88. 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 1988–2008 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1998, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes marathon world records 2, new york marathon wins 2, world half marathon titles 3, marathon best (min) 140.77.
Immediately ahead sits Moses Kiptanui on 85.9, a gap of 1.8 points. Directly behind is Marita Koch on 86.3. 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.
Tegla Loroupe GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Loroupe stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1998. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Loroupe comparisons
Tegla Loroupe — frequently asked
- Is Tegla Loroupe the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Tegla Loroupe ranks 60th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 84.1, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Tegla Loroupe's GOAT Score?
- 84.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Tegla Loroupe rank all time?
- 476th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 60th within Athletics.
- Tegla Loroupe vs Moses Kiptanui: who ranks higher?
- Moses Kiptanui, on 85.9 against Tegla Loroupe's 84.1 — a margin of 1.8 points.