Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Form index per season
Editorial season form index (0–100), not raw goals or points. Raw season-by-season statistics are shown only where fully verified.
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 4.82 | |
| 2004 | 4.92 | |
| 2005 | 5.01 | |
| 2006 | 4.91 | |
| 2007 | 4.93 | |
| 2008 | 5.05 | |
| 2009 | 5.06 | |
| 2010 | 4.85 | |
| 2011 | 4.76 | |
| 2012 | 4.7 | |
| 2013 | 4.89 | |
| 2014 | 4.8 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- Olympics.com
Last verified: 2026-09-14
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Yelena Isinbayeva ranks #20 in Athletics
Yelena Isinbayeva ranks #20 in Athletics and #238 of 5087 across all sports. The verified GOAT Score is 90.3/100.
The verified career covers 1997–2016 and 12 documented seasons. Peak is 94/100, with Peak the strongest category at 94/100 (20% weight). Key metrics: Olympic golds 2, World Championship golds 3, World records 28, Pole vault world record (m) 5.06.
Nearest context: ahead Ruth Beitia (90.4); behind Kenenisa Bekele (90.3). Rankings update whenever verified records change.
Yelena Isinbayeva GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Dominance: 90/100, based on the verified career record.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Peak: 94/100, based on the verified career record.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Longevity: 86/100, based on the verified career record.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Honours: 90/100, based on the verified career record.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Statistics: 92/100, based on the verified career record.
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Yelena Isinbayeva — frequently asked
- Is Yelena Isinbayeva the GOAT?
- According to GOAT Rank's current data model, Yelena Isinbayeva ranks #20 in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 90.3/100, behind Usain Bolt (93.2).
- What is Yelena Isinbayeva's GOAT Score?
- 90.3/100, calculated from the verified career record: Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%).
- Where does Yelena Isinbayeva rank all time?
- #238 of 5087 eligible athletes across all sports and #20 in Athletics.
- Yelena Isinbayeva vs Ruth Beitia: who ranks higher?
- Ruth Beitia ranks higher at 90.4 versus Yelena Isinbayeva at 90.3, a margin of 0.1 points.