World titles
4
Title defences
20
Career wins
55
Undisputed reigns
1
Oldest world champion (age)
49
Knockouts
32
Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 96
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Form index per season
Editorial season form index (0–100), not raw goals or points. Raw season-by-season statistics are shown only where fully verified.
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 4 | |
| 1994 | 4 | |
| 1995 | 3 | |
| 1996 | 3 | |
| 1997 | 3 | |
| 1998 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 |
Data sources
- BoxRec
- The Ring
- Olympedia
Last verified: 2026-09-14
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Bernard Hopkins ranks #46 in Boxing
Bernard Hopkins ranks #46 in Boxing and #491 of 5087 across all sports. The verified GOAT Score is 88.2/100.
The verified career covers 1988–2016 and 18 documented seasons. Peak is 88/100, with Longevity the strongest category at 96/100 (20% weight). Key metrics: World titles 4, Title defences 20, Career wins 55, Undisputed reigns 1.
Nearest context: ahead Sugar Ray Leonard (88.2); behind Canelo Álvarez (88.2). Rankings update whenever verified records change.
Bernard Hopkins GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Dominance: 84/100, based on the verified career record.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Peak: 88/100, based on the verified career record.
- Longevity96/100 · weight 20%
- Longevity: 96/100, based on the verified career record.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Honours: 86/100, based on the verified career record.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Statistics: 88/100, based on the verified career record.
Top Hopkins comparisons
Bernard Hopkins — frequently asked
- Is Bernard Hopkins the GOAT?
- According to GOAT Rank's current data model, Bernard Hopkins ranks #46 in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 88.2/100, behind Sugar Ray Robinson (94.3).
- What is Bernard Hopkins's GOAT Score?
- 88.2/100, calculated from the verified career record: Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 96 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%).
- Where does Bernard Hopkins rank all time?
- #491 of 5087 eligible athletes across all sports and #46 in Boxing.
- Bernard Hopkins vs Sugar Ray Leonard: who ranks higher?
- Bernard Hopkins ranks higher at 88.2 versus Sugar Ray Leonard at 88.2, a margin of 0.0 points.