Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 68
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6 | |
| 1977 | 7 | |
| 1978 | 6 | |
| 1979 | 5 | |
| 1980 | 4 | |
| 1981 | 4 | |
| 1982 | 3 | |
| 1983 | 2 | |
| 1984 | 1 | |
| 1985 | 1 | |
| 1986 | 1 | |
| 1987 | 1 |
Data sources
- BoxRec
- The Ring
- International Boxing Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Aaron Pryor ranks #54 in Boxing
Aaron Pryor ranks 54th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 753rd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 68, Honours 78, Statistics 86. Those categories are normalised against the full Boxing reference universe of 267 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1976–1990 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1977, 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 world titles 1, title defences 10, professional wins 39, knockouts 35.
Immediately ahead sits Tyson Fury on 80.3, a gap of -1.2 points. Directly behind is Anthony Joshua on 79.7. 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.
Aaron Pryor GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Pryor stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1977. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity68/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 68/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Pryor comparisons
Aaron Pryor — frequently asked
- Is Aaron Pryor the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Aaron Pryor ranks 54th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 81.5, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Aaron Pryor's GOAT Score?
- 81.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 68 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Aaron Pryor rank all time?
- 753rd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 54th within Boxing.
- Aaron Pryor vs Tyson Fury: who ranks higher?
- Aaron Pryor, on 81.5 against Tyson Fury's 80.3 — a margin of 1.2 points.