Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 0 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- IOC results
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Tyson Gay ranks #75 in Athletics
Tyson Gay ranks 75th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 446th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 94, Longevity 78, Honours 84, Statistics 90. Those categories are normalised against the full Athletics reference universe of 313 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 2005–2017 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2007, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world championship golds 3, 100 m personal best 9.69, 200 m personal best 19.58, us national titles 6.
Immediately ahead sits Ralph Boston on 86.3, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Yohan Blake on 86.2. 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.
Tyson Gay GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Gay stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2007. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Gay comparisons
Tyson Gay — frequently asked
- Is Tyson Gay the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Tyson Gay ranks 75th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 86.2, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Tyson Gay's GOAT Score?
- 86.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Tyson Gay rank all time?
- 446th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 75th within Athletics.
- Tyson Gay vs Ralph Boston: who ranks higher?
- Ralph Boston, on 86.3 against Tyson Gay's 86.2 — a margin of 0.1 points.