Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 45 | |
| 1955 | 52 | |
| 1956 | 58 | |
| 1957 | 65 | |
| 1958 | 72 | |
| 1959 | 78 | |
| 1960 | 85 | |
| 1961 | 91 | |
| 1962 | 98 | |
| 1963 | 87 | |
| 1964 | 75 | |
| 1965 | 64 | |
| 1966 | 53 | |
| 1967 | 41 | |
| 1968 | 30 |
Data sources
- World Athletics records
- Olympedia
- European Athletics archives
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Yang Chuan-kwang ranks #283 in Athletics
Yang Chuan-kwang ranks 283rd among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 3209th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 94, Longevity 82, Honours 84, Statistics 90. Those categories are normalised against the full Athletics reference universe of 308 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1954–1968 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1962, 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 silver medals 1, world records set 1, asian games titles 3, decathlon personal best 9121.
Immediately ahead sits Eunice Barber on 87.5, a gap of 0.5 points. Directly behind is Dan O'Brien on 85.1. 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.
Yang Chuan-kwang GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Yang 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 1962. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Yang comparisons
Yang Chuan-kwang — frequently asked
- Is Yang Chuan-kwang the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Yang Chuan-kwang ranks 283rd in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 87.0, behind Usain Bolt on 93.2.
- What is Yang Chuan-kwang's GOAT Score?
- 87.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Yang Chuan-kwang rank all time?
- 3209th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 283rd within Athletics.
- Yang Chuan-kwang vs Eunice Barber: who ranks higher?
- Eunice Barber, on 87.5 against Yang Chuan-kwang's 87.0 — a margin of 0.5 points.