Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 70 | |
| 2011 | 84 | |
| 2012 | 98 | |
| 2013 | 86 | |
| 2014 | 74 | |
| 2015 | 78 | |
| 2016 | 70 | |
| 2017 | 72 | |
| 2018 | 68 | |
| 2019 | 62 | |
| 2020 | 58 | |
| 2021 | 55 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- International Swimming Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ye Shiwen ranks #140 in Swimming
Ye Shiwen ranks 140th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 1428th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 92, Longevity 74, Honours 80, Statistics 82. 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 2010–2021 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2012, 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 records set 1, world championship golds 2, asian games golds 6.
Immediately ahead sits Libby Trickett on 81.5, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Simone Manuel on 81.5. 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.
Ye Shiwen GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ye 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 2012. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 11 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Ye comparisons
Ye Shiwen — frequently asked
- Is Ye Shiwen the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ye Shiwen ranks 140th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 81.5, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Ye Shiwen's GOAT Score?
- 81.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ye Shiwen rank all time?
- 1428th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 140th within Swimming.
- Ye Shiwen vs Libby Trickett: who ranks higher?
- Ye Shiwen, on 81.5 against Libby Trickett's 81.5 — a margin of 0.0 points.