Category profile
- Dominance
- 76
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 72
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 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 Anthony Joshua ranks #55 in Boxing
Anthony Joshua ranks 55th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 765th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 79.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 76, Peak 88, Longevity 72, Honours 82, Statistics 82. 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 2013–present with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2014, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic golds 1, world heavyweight title reigns 2, professional wins 28, knockouts 25.
Immediately ahead sits Aaron Pryor on 81.5, a gap of 1.8 points. Directly behind is Lucia Rijker on 79.1. 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.
Anthony Joshua GOAT Score explained
- Dominance76/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Joshua stood above the field while competing. Scored 76/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2014. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity72/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 72/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Joshua comparisons
Anthony Joshua — frequently asked
- Is Anthony Joshua the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Anthony Joshua ranks 55th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 79.7, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Anthony Joshua's GOAT Score?
- 79.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 76 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 72 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Anthony Joshua rank all time?
- 765th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 55th within Boxing.
- Anthony Joshua vs Aaron Pryor: who ranks higher?
- Aaron Pryor, on 81.5 against Anthony Joshua's 79.7 — a margin of 1.8 points.