Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 96
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1936 | 12 | |
| 1937 | 14 | |
| 1938 | 11 | |
| 1939 | 9 | |
| 1940 | 10 | |
| 1941 | 8 | |
| 1942 | 7 | |
| 1943 | 9 | |
| 1944 | 8 | |
| 1945 | 7 | |
| 1946 | 6 | |
| 1947 | 8 | |
| 1948 | 7 | |
| 1949 | 6 | |
| 1950 | 5 | |
| 1951 | 4 | |
| 1952 | 3 | |
| 1953 | 3 | |
| 1954 | 2 | |
| 1955 | 2 | |
| 1956 | 1 |
Data sources
- BoxRec
- The Ring
- IBHOF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Archie Moore ranks #9 in Boxing
Archie Moore ranks 9th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 66th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 88, Longevity 96, Honours 84, Statistics 92. 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 1935–1963 with 21 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1937, which sets the Peak component at 88. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes professional wins 185, wins by knockout 131, career losses 23, world titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Willie Pep on 89.8, a gap of 0.9 points. Directly behind is Mary Kom on 90.5. 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.
Archie Moore GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Moore stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1937. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity96/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 28 years of competition and 21 recorded seasons. Scored 96/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Moore comparisons
Archie Moore — frequently asked
- Is Archie Moore the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Archie Moore ranks 9th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 88.9, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Archie Moore's GOAT Score?
- 88.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 96 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Archie Moore rank all time?
- 66th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 9th within Boxing.
- Archie Moore vs Willie Pep: who ranks higher?
- Willie Pep, on 89.8 against Archie Moore's 88.9 — a margin of 0.9 points.