Category profile
- Dominance
- 76
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 66
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 78
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 60 | |
| 1979 | 74 | |
| 1980 | 88 | |
| 1981 | 82 | |
| 1982 | 96 | |
| 1983 | 84 | |
| 1984 | 72 | |
| 1985 | 60 | |
| 1986 | 50 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- European Aquatics
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Yuliya Bogdanova ranks #231 in Swimming
Yuliya Bogdanova ranks 231st among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 2327th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 77.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 76, Peak 88, Longevity 66, Honours 80, Statistics 78. 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 1978–1986 with 9 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1982, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world championship titles 1, world records 2, european titles 2, national titles 6.
Immediately ahead sits Roswitha Beier on 77.6, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Gail Amundrud on 77.5. 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.
Yuliya Bogdanova GOAT Score explained
- Dominance76/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Bogdanova stood above the field while competing. Scored 76/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1982. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity66/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 8 years of competition and 9 recorded seasons. Scored 66/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics78/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 78/100.
Top Bogdanova comparisons
Yuliya Bogdanova — frequently asked
- Is Yuliya Bogdanova the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Yuliya Bogdanova ranks 231st in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 77.5, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Yuliya Bogdanova's GOAT Score?
- 77.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 76 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 66 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 78 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Yuliya Bogdanova rank all time?
- 2327th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 231st within Swimming.
- Yuliya Bogdanova vs Roswitha Beier: who ranks higher?
- Roswitha Beier, on 77.6 against Yuliya Bogdanova's 77.5 — a margin of 0.1 points.