Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 96
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 25.6 | |
| 1997 | 25.2 | |
| 1998 | 24.9 | |
| 1999 | 24.51 | |
| 2000 | 24.7 | |
| 2001 | 24.6 | |
| 2002 | 24.5 | |
| 2003 | 24.4 | |
| 2004 | 24.3 | |
| 2005 | 24.2 | |
| 2006 | 24.1 | |
| 2007 | 24 | |
| 2008 | 23.9 | |
| 2009 | 24.1 | |
| 2010 | 24.2 | |
| 2011 | 24.4 | |
| 2012 | 24.6 | |
| 2013 | 24.8 | |
| 2014 | 25.1 | |
| 2015 | 25.4 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- Swimming World
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Therese Alshammar ranks #3 in Swimming
Therese Alshammar ranks 3rd among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 69th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 96, Honours 88, Statistics 94. 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 1994–2016 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1996, which sets the Peak component at 92. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic medals 3, world championship golds 5, olympic games 6, 50 m freestyle best 23.9.
Immediately ahead sits Katie Ledecky on 94.8, a gap of 4.5 points. Directly behind is Michael Gross on 90.3. 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.
Therese Alshammar GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Alshammar stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1996. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity96/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 22 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 96/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Alshammar comparisons
Therese Alshammar — frequently asked
- Is Therese Alshammar the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Therese Alshammar ranks 3rd in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 90.3, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Therese Alshammar's GOAT Score?
- 90.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 96 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Therese Alshammar rank all time?
- 69th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 3rd within Swimming.
- Therese Alshammar vs Katie Ledecky: who ranks higher?
- Katie Ledecky, on 94.8 against Therese Alshammar's 90.3 — a margin of 4.5 points.