Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 5 | |
| 2006 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 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 Andre Ward ranks #22 in Boxing
Andre Ward ranks 22nd among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 250th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 94, Longevity 78, Honours 90, Statistics 90. 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 2004–2017 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2005, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic golds 1, professional wins 32, world titles in weight classes 2, super six tournament wins 1.
Immediately ahead sits Carlos Monzón on 88.0, a gap of -0.4 points. Directly behind is Oleksandr Usyk on 87.6. 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.
Andre Ward GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ward stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2005. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Ward comparisons
Andre Ward — frequently asked
- Is Andre Ward the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Andre Ward ranks 22nd in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 88.4, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Andre Ward's GOAT Score?
- 88.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Andre Ward rank all time?
- 250th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 22nd within Boxing.
- Andre Ward vs Carlos Monzón: who ranks higher?
- Andre Ward, on 88.4 against Carlos Monzón's 88.0 — a margin of 0.4 points.