Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 3 | |
| 1998 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 0 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- IOC
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Wilson Kipketer ranks #53 in Athletics
Wilson Kipketer ranks 53rd among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 399th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 92, Longevity 78, Honours 84, 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 1990–2005 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1997, 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 world championship golds 3, world records 1, olympic medals 2, 800m best (sec) 100.91.
Immediately ahead sits Elaine Thompson-Herah on 85.1, a gap of -0.9 points. Directly behind is Patrik Sjöberg on 85.4. 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.
Wilson Kipketer GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Kipketer 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 1997. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- 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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Wilson Kipketer — frequently asked
- Is Wilson Kipketer the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Wilson Kipketer ranks 53rd in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 86.0, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Wilson Kipketer's GOAT Score?
- 86.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Wilson Kipketer rank all time?
- 399th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 53rd within Athletics.
- Wilson Kipketer vs Elaine Thompson-Herah: who ranks higher?
- Wilson Kipketer, on 86.0 against Elaine Thompson-Herah's 85.1 — a margin of 0.9 points.