Category profile
- Dominance
- 92
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 77.52 | |
| 1977 | 79 | |
| 1978 | 80.64 | |
| 1979 | 81.8 | |
| 1980 | 81.66 | |
| 1981 | 83.98 | |
| 1982 | 86.34 | |
| 1983 | 86.74 | |
| 1984 | 84 | |
| 1985 | 83 | |
| 1986 | 82 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- IOC
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Yuriy Sedykh ranks #9 in Athletics
Yuriy Sedykh ranks 9th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 68th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 91.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 92, Peak 96, Longevity 86, Honours 90, Statistics 94. 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 1974–1992 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1983, which sets the Peak component at 96. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic golds 2, world records 6, world championship golds 1, best throw (m) 86.74.
Immediately ahead sits Irena Szewińska on 91.1, a gap of -0.4 points. Directly behind is Paavo Nurmi on 92.1. 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.
Yuriy Sedykh GOAT Score explained
- Dominance92/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Sedykh stood above the field while competing. Scored 92/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1983. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Sedykh comparisons
Yuriy Sedykh — frequently asked
- Is Yuriy Sedykh the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Yuriy Sedykh ranks 9th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 91.5, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is Yuriy Sedykh's GOAT Score?
- 91.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 92 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Yuriy Sedykh rank all time?
- 68th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 9th within Athletics.
- Yuriy Sedykh vs Irena Szewińska: who ranks higher?
- Yuriy Sedykh, on 91.5 against Irena Szewińska's 91.1 — a margin of 0.4 points.