Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10.84 | |
| 2016 | 10.7 | |
| 2017 | 10.71 | |
| 2018 | 10.93 | |
| 2019 | 10.73 | |
| 2020 | 10.85 | |
| 2021 | 10.54 | |
| 2022 | 10.65 | |
| 2023 | 10.79 | |
| 2024 | 10.92 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Elaine Thompson-Herah ranks #52 in Athletics
Elaine Thompson-Herah ranks 52nd among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 389th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 74, Honours 86, 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 2013–present with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2018, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic golds 5, olympic medals 6, 100 m personal best 10.54, 200 m personal best 21.53.
Immediately ahead sits Sifan Hassan on 86.7, a gap of 1.6 points. Directly behind is Wilson Kipketer on 86.0. 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.
Elaine Thompson-Herah GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Thompson-Herah stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2018. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 10 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 Thompson-Herah comparisons
Elaine Thompson-Herah — frequently asked
- Is Elaine Thompson-Herah the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Elaine Thompson-Herah ranks 52nd in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 85.1, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Elaine Thompson-Herah's GOAT Score?
- 85.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Elaine Thompson-Herah rank all time?
- 389th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 52nd within Athletics.
- Elaine Thompson-Herah vs Sifan Hassan: who ranks higher?
- Sifan Hassan, on 86.7 against Elaine Thompson-Herah's 85.1 — a margin of 1.6 points.