Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Data sources
- BoxRec
- The Ring
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Canelo Álvarez ranks #14 in Boxing
Canelo Álvarez ranks 14th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 141st of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 90, Longevity 88, Honours 88, 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 2005–present with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2010, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes undisputed reigns 1, world titles 16, weight divisions 4, career wins 63.
Immediately ahead sits Jack Johnson on 88.4, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Azumah Nelson on 88.4. 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.
Canelo Álvarez GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Canelo stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2010. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Canelo comparisons
Canelo Álvarez — frequently asked
- Is Canelo Álvarez the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Canelo Álvarez ranks 14th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 88.2, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Canelo Álvarez's GOAT Score?
- 88.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Canelo Álvarez rank all time?
- 141st of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 14th within Boxing.
- Canelo Álvarez vs Jack Johnson: who ranks higher?
- Jack Johnson, on 88.4 against Canelo Álvarez's 88.2 — a margin of 0.2 points.