Category profile
- Dominance
- 92
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 92
- Statistics
- 96
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 55 | |
| 1978 | 61 | |
| 1979 | 68 | |
| 1980 | 74 | |
| 1981 | 80 | |
| 1982 | 86 | |
| 1983 | 93 | |
| 1984 | 99 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics records
- Olympedia
- Swimming Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Tracy Caulkins ranks #7 in Swimming
Tracy Caulkins ranks 7th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 175th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 92, Peak 96, Longevity 74, Honours 92, Statistics 96. 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 1977–1984 with 8 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1984, which sets the Peak component at 96. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic gold medals 3, us national titles 48, world championship titles 5, american records set 63.
Immediately ahead sits Robert Finke on 90.1, a gap of 0.3 points. Directly behind is Kirsty Coventry on 89.7. 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.
Tracy Caulkins GOAT Score explained
- Dominance92/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Caulkins stood above the field while competing. Scored 92/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1984. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 7 years of competition and 8 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours92/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 92/100.
- Statistics96/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 96/100.
Top Caulkins comparisons
Tracy Caulkins — frequently asked
- Is Tracy Caulkins the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Tracy Caulkins ranks 7th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 89.8, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Tracy Caulkins's GOAT Score?
- 89.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 92 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 92 (20%), Statistics 96 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Tracy Caulkins rank all time?
- 175th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 7th within Swimming.
- Tracy Caulkins vs Robert Finke: who ranks higher?
- Robert Finke, on 90.1 against Tracy Caulkins's 89.8 — a margin of 0.3 points.