Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 19.62 | |
| 2006 | 20.54 | |
| 2007 | 20.54 | |
| 2008 | 20.56 | |
| 2009 | 20.44 | |
| 2010 | 20.86 | |
| 2011 | 21.24 | |
| 2012 | 20.7 | |
| 2013 | 20.88 | |
| 2014 | 20.67 | |
| 2015 | 19.6 | |
| 2016 | 20.46 | |
| 2017 | 19.4 | |
| 2018 | 19.36 | |
| 2019 | 19.1 | |
| 2020 | 19.28 | |
| 2021 | 19.65 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Valerie Adams ranks #21 in Athletics
Valerie Adams ranks 21st among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 127th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 90, Longevity 90, Honours 88, Statistics 88. Those categories are normalised against the full Athletics reference universe of 309 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 2001–2022 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2011, 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 golds 2, world championship golds 4, olympic medals 4, win streak 56.
Immediately ahead sits Michael Johnson on 88.5, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Robert Korzeniowski 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.
Valerie Adams GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Adams stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2011. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Adams comparisons
Valerie Adams — frequently asked
- Is Valerie Adams the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Valerie Adams ranks 21st in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 88.3, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Valerie Adams's GOAT Score?
- 88.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Valerie Adams rank all time?
- 127th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 21st within Athletics.
- Valerie Adams vs Michael Johnson: who ranks higher?
- Michael Johnson, on 88.5 against Valerie Adams's 88.3 — a margin of 0.2 points.