Category profile
- Dominance
- 76
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 70
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 78
Career timeline · Form index per season
| 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
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Tom Dean ranks #215 in Swimming
Tom Dean ranks 215th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 2122nd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 78.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 76, Peak 88, Longevity 70, Honours 80, Statistics 78. 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 2018–present with 7 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2021, 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 olympic gold medals 3, olympic medals 4, world championship medals 3, european championship golds 3.
Immediately ahead sits Summer Sanders on 78.3, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is John Devitt on 78.4. 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.
Tom Dean GOAT Score explained
- Dominance76/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Dean stood above the field while competing. Scored 76/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2021. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity70/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 8 years of competition and 7 recorded seasons. Scored 70/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics78/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 78/100.
Top Dean comparisons
Tom Dean — frequently asked
- Is Tom Dean the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Tom Dean ranks 215th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 78.3, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Tom Dean's GOAT Score?
- 78.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 76 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 70 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 78 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Tom Dean rank all time?
- 2122nd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 215th within Swimming.
- Tom Dean vs Summer Sanders: who ranks higher?
- Tom Dean, on 78.3 against Summer Sanders's 78.3 — a margin of 0.0 points.