Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 45 | |
| 1969 | 58 | |
| 1970 | 71 | |
| 1971 | 83 | |
| 1972 | 96 | |
| 1973 | 82 | |
| 1974 | 68 | |
| 1975 | 54 | |
| 1976 | 40 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics records
- Olympedia
- National federation archives
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Vladimir Bure ranks #108 in Swimming
Vladimir Bure ranks 108th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 1195th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 92, Longevity 74, Honours 84, Statistics 86. 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 1968–1976 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 olympic medals 4, european titles 2, soviet titles 22, european records set 5.
Immediately ahead sits Chase Kalisz on 83.0, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Ai Yanhan on 82.9. 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.
Vladimir Bure GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Bure stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1972. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 8 years of competition and 9 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Bure comparisons
Vladimir Bure — frequently asked
- Is Vladimir Bure the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Vladimir Bure ranks 108th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 82.9, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Vladimir Bure's GOAT Score?
- 82.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Vladimir Bure rank all time?
- 1195th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 108th within Swimming.
- Vladimir Bure vs Chase Kalisz: who ranks higher?
- Chase Kalisz, on 83.0 against Vladimir Bure's 82.9 — a margin of 0.1 points.