Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 9 | |
| 1930 | 12 | |
| 1931 | 14 | |
| 1932 | 11 | |
| 1933 | 8 | |
| 1934 | 7 | |
| 1935 | 6 | |
| 1936 | 4 | |
| 1937 | 3 | |
| 1938 | 2 |
Data sources
- BoxRec
- IBHOF
- The Ring
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Barney Ross ranks #37 in Boxing
Barney Ross ranks 37th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 424th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 94, Longevity 74, Honours 88, Statistics 88. 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 1929–1938 with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1931, 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 world titles in divisions 3, professional wins 72, professional losses 4, title defences 12.
Immediately ahead sits Regina Halmich on 86.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Rocky Marciano on 86.3. 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.
Barney Ross GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ross stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1931. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 9 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Ross comparisons
Barney Ross — frequently asked
- Is Barney Ross the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Barney Ross ranks 37th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 86.4, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Barney Ross's GOAT Score?
- 86.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Barney Ross rank all time?
- 424th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 37th within Boxing.
- Barney Ross vs Regina Halmich: who ranks higher?
- Barney Ross, on 86.4 against Regina Halmich's 86.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.