Olympic gold medals
3
Olympic medals
4
World Championship medals
3
European Championship golds
3
Olympic Games contested
2
Category profile
- Dominance
- 76
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 70
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 78
Career timeline · Form index per season
Editorial season form index (0–100), not raw goals or points. Raw season-by-season statistics are shown only where fully verified.
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 66 | |
| 2019 | 74 | |
| 2020 | 80 | |
| 2021 | 96 | |
| 2022 | 84 | |
| 2023 | 86 | |
| 2024 | 90 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- International Swimming Hall of Fame
Last verified: 2026-09-14
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Tom Dean ranks #216 in Swimming
Tom Dean ranks #216 in Swimming and #2282 of 5087 across all sports. The verified GOAT Score is 78.3/100.
The verified career covers 2018–present and 7 documented seasons. Peak is 88/100, with Peak the strongest category at 88/100 (20% weight). Key metrics: Olympic gold medals 3, Olympic medals 4, World Championship medals 3, European Championship golds 3.
Nearest context: ahead Summer Sanders (78.3); behind Serhiy Breus (78.3). Rankings update whenever verified records change.
Tom Dean GOAT Score explained
- Dominance76/100 · weight 25%
- Dominance: 76/100, based on the verified career record.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Peak: 88/100, based on the verified career record.
- Longevity70/100 · weight 20%
- Longevity: 70/100, based on the verified career record.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Honours: 80/100, based on the verified career record.
- Statistics78/100 · weight 15%
- Statistics: 78/100, based on the verified career record.
Top Dean comparisons
Tom Dean — frequently asked
- Is Tom Dean the GOAT?
- According to GOAT Rank's current data model, Tom Dean ranks #216 in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 78.3/100, behind Michael Phelps (98.1).
- What is Tom Dean's GOAT Score?
- 78.3/100, calculated from the verified career record: Dominance 76 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 70 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 78 (15%).
- Where does Tom Dean rank all time?
- #2282 of 5087 eligible athletes across all sports and #216 in Swimming.
- Tom Dean vs Summer Sanders: who ranks higher?
- Tom Dean ranks higher at 78.3 versus Summer Sanders at 78.3, a margin of 0.0 points.