Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 880 | |
| 2004 | 872.4 | |
| 2005 | 867.7 | |
| 2006 | 866 | |
| 2007 | 864 | |
| 2008 | 862.6 | |
| 2009 | 870 | |
| 2010 | 1782.76 | |
| 2011 | 1790 | |
| 2012 | 1800 | |
| 2013 | 1810 | |
| 2014 | 1830 |
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 Tirunesh Dibaba ranks #40 in Athletics
Tirunesh Dibaba ranks 40th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 272nd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 84, Honours 88, 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 2001–2019 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2014, 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 3, world championship golds 5, world cross-country golds 4, 5000 m best (s) 862.6.
Immediately ahead sits Justin Gatlin on 85.6, a gap of -1.9 points. Directly behind is Jarmila Kratochvílová on 88.7. 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.
Tirunesh Dibaba GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Dibaba 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 2014. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Dibaba comparisons
Tirunesh Dibaba — frequently asked
- Is Tirunesh Dibaba the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Tirunesh Dibaba ranks 40th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 87.5, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Tirunesh Dibaba's GOAT Score?
- 87.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Tirunesh Dibaba rank all time?
- 272nd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 40th within Athletics.
- Tirunesh Dibaba vs Justin Gatlin: who ranks higher?
- Tirunesh Dibaba, on 87.5 against Justin Gatlin's 85.6 — a margin of 1.9 points.