{"id":622422,"date":"2025-09-11T04:29:38","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T11:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=622422"},"modified":"2025-09-22T09:30:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T16:30:09","slug":"ranking-the-top-20-womens-swimmers-in-the-world-part-iv-1-5-legends-atop-the-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ranking-the-top-20-womens-swimmers-in-the-world-part-iv-1-5-legends-atop-the-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranking the Top 20 Women’s Swimmers in the World, Part IV (1-5): Legends Atop the List"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ranking the Top-20 Women’s Swimmers in the World, Part IV: Legends Atop the List<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the recent World Championships<\/a>, swimmers competed for medals in 42 pool events, and the results clearly show the best swimmer in the world for each race. Comparing swimmers across events is a subjective task, with factors including versatility, dominance, longevity, big-race performance and relay contributions all considered. With the summer competition season concluded, we will again try to stack up the various competitors from one through 20.<\/em><\/p>\n

These rankings will be based largely on performances<\/a> at the World Championships but results from other meets will be considered. Swimmers who sat out this year’s major competitions will not be included on this list.<\/em><\/p>\n