Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 0 | |
| 1994 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 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 Virgilijus Alekna ranks #29 in Athletics
Virgilijus Alekna ranks 29th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 169th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 92, Longevity 88, Honours 88, 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 1993–2012 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1999, 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 olympic gold medals 2, world championship golds 2, olympic medals 3, best throw in metres 73.88.
Immediately ahead sits Gail Devers on 85.5, a gap of -3.6 points. Directly behind is Ray Ewry on 88.9. 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.
Virgilijus Alekna GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Alekna stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1999. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Alekna comparisons
Virgilijus Alekna — frequently asked
- Is Virgilijus Alekna the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Virgilijus Alekna ranks 29th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 89.1, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Virgilijus Alekna's GOAT Score?
- 89.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Virgilijus Alekna rank all time?
- 169th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 29th within Athletics.
- Virgilijus Alekna vs Gail Devers: who ranks higher?
- Virgilijus Alekna, on 89.1 against Gail Devers's 85.5 — a margin of 3.6 points.