Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 40 | |
| 1949 | 46 | |
| 1950 | 52 | |
| 1951 | 59 | |
| 1952 | 65 | |
| 1953 | 71 | |
| 1954 | 77 | |
| 1955 | 84 | |
| 1956 | 90 | |
| 1957 | 96 | |
| 1958 | 78 | |
| 1959 | 61 | |
| 1960 | 43 | |
| 1961 | 25 |
Data sources
- International Boxing Hall of Fame
- BoxRec records
- World sanctioning body archives
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Carmen Basilio ranks #141 in Boxing
Carmen Basilio ranks 141st among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 1053rd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 92, Longevity 80, Honours 84, Statistics 86. Those categories are normalised against the full Boxing reference universe of 231 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1948–1961 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1957, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world titles in weight classes 2, fighter of the year awards 2, professional wins 56, knockouts 27.
Immediately ahead sits Jimmy McLarnin on 84.6, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Ingemar Johansson on 84.5. 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.
Carmen Basilio GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Basilio stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1957. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Basilio comparisons
Carmen Basilio — frequently asked
- Is Carmen Basilio the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Carmen Basilio ranks 141st in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 84.6, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Carmen Basilio's GOAT Score?
- 84.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Carmen Basilio rank all time?
- 1053rd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 141st within Boxing.
- Carmen Basilio vs Jimmy McLarnin: who ranks higher?
- Carmen Basilio, on 84.6 against Jimmy McLarnin's 84.6 — a margin of 0.0 points.