Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 58
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 1 | |
| 1957 | 0 | |
| 1958 | 1 | |
| 1959 | 2 | |
| 1960 | 3 | |
| 1961 | 2 | |
| 1962 | 1 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- IOC
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Wilma Rudolph ranks #82 in Athletics
Wilma Rudolph ranks 82nd among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 816th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 94, Longevity 58, Honours 84, Statistics 84. 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 1956–1962 with 7 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1960, 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 olympic golds 3, olympic medals 4, world records 3, 100m best (sec) 11.2.
Immediately ahead sits Jakob Ingebrigtsen on 81.9, a gap of 0.6 points. Directly behind is Jessica Ennis-Hill on 85.0. 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.
Wilma Rudolph GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Rudolph 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 1960. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity58/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 6 years of competition and 7 recorded seasons. Scored 58/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Rudolph comparisons
Wilma Rudolph — frequently asked
- Is Wilma Rudolph the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Wilma Rudolph ranks 82nd in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 81.3, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Wilma Rudolph's GOAT Score?
- 81.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 58 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Wilma Rudolph rank all time?
- 816th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 82nd within Athletics.
- Wilma Rudolph vs Jakob Ingebrigtsen: who ranks higher?
- Jakob Ingebrigtsen, on 81.9 against Wilma Rudolph's 81.3 — a margin of 0.6 points.