Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 2 | |
| 1997 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 0 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- IOC results
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Tom Dolan ranks #69 in Swimming
Tom Dolan ranks 69th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 697th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 74, Honours 82, Statistics 86. 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 1993–2002 with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1994, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic gold medals 2, olympic silver medals 1, world championship golds 3, world records 2.
Immediately ahead sits Yannick Agnel on 83.1, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Rebecca Soni on 83.1. 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 Dolan GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Dolan stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1994. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 9 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Dolan comparisons
Tom Dolan — frequently asked
- Is Tom Dolan the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Tom Dolan ranks 69th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 83.1, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Tom Dolan's GOAT Score?
- 83.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Tom Dolan rank all time?
- 697th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 69th within Swimming.
- Tom Dolan vs Yannick Agnel: who ranks higher?
- Tom Dolan, on 83.1 against Yannick Agnel's 83.1 — a margin of 0.0 points.