Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 52 | |
| 2014 | 62 | |
| 2015 | 70 | |
| 2016 | 78 | |
| 2017 | 84 | |
| 2018 | 88 | |
| 2019 | 90 | |
| 2020 | 96 | |
| 2021 | 88 | |
| 2022 | 90 | |
| 2023 | 92 | |
| 2024 | 86 |
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 Zhang Yufei ranks #66 in Swimming
Zhang Yufei ranks 66th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 809th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 92, Longevity 80, Honours 86, Statistics 86. 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 2013–present with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2020, 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, olympic medals 10, world championship titles 2, asian games golds 10.
Immediately ahead sits Jason Lezak on 85.1, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Mike Barrowman on 85.0. 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.
Zhang Yufei GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Zhang stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2020. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Zhang comparisons
Zhang Yufei — frequently asked
- Is Zhang Yufei the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Zhang Yufei ranks 66th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 85.0, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Zhang Yufei's GOAT Score?
- 85.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Zhang Yufei rank all time?
- 809th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 66th within Swimming.
- Zhang Yufei vs Jason Lezak: who ranks higher?
- Jason Lezak, on 85.1 against Zhang Yufei's 85.0 — a margin of 0.1 points.