Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 70
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 12 | |
| 1965 | 6 | |
| 1966 | 1 | |
| 1967 | 2 | |
| 1968 | 4 | |
| 1969 | 3 | |
| 1970 | 6 | |
| 1971 | 10 | |
| 1972 | 15 |
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 Vera Nikolić ranks #167 in Athletics
Vera Nikolić ranks 167th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 1235th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 80.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 92, Longevity 70, Honours 78, Statistics 88. 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 1964–1972 with 9 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1972, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes european titles 1, world records set 1, european indoor titles 1, 800 m personal best 2.
Immediately ahead sits Olapade Adeniken on 79.3, a gap of -1.4 points. Directly behind is Noah Ngeny on 80.6. 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.
Vera Nikolić GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Nikolić stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1972. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity70/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 8 years of competition and 9 recorded seasons. Scored 70/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
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Vera Nikolić — frequently asked
- Is Vera Nikolić the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Vera Nikolić ranks 167th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 80.7, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Vera Nikolić's GOAT Score?
- 80.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 70 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Vera Nikolić rank all time?
- 1235th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 167th within Athletics.
- Vera Nikolić vs Olapade Adeniken: who ranks higher?
- Vera Nikolić, on 80.7 against Olapade Adeniken's 79.3 — a margin of 1.4 points.