Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 76
- Statistics
- 80
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 4 | |
| 1990 | 5 | |
| 1991 | 6 | |
| 1992 | 5 | |
| 1993 | 4 | |
| 1994 | 4 | |
| 1995 | 3 | |
| 1996 | 4 | |
| 1997 | 3 | |
| 1998 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 |
Data sources
- BoxRec
- The Ring
- International Boxing Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Christy Martin ranks #47 in Boxing
Christy Martin ranks 47th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 623rd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 80.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 86, Longevity 84, Honours 76, Statistics 80. 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 1989–2012 with 22 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1991, which sets the Peak component at 86. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 86 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world titles 2, professional wins 49, knockouts 31, career losses 7.
Immediately ahead sits Claressa Shields on 83.6, a gap of 2.9 points. Directly behind is Michael Spinks on 83.1. 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.
Christy Martin GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Martin stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1991. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 23 years of competition and 22 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours76/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 76/100.
- Statistics80/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 80/100.
Top Martin comparisons
Christy Martin — frequently asked
- Is Christy Martin the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Christy Martin ranks 47th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 80.7, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Christy Martin's GOAT Score?
- 80.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 76 (20%), Statistics 80 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Christy Martin rank all time?
- 623rd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 47th within Boxing.
- Christy Martin vs Claressa Shields: who ranks higher?
- Claressa Shields, on 83.6 against Christy Martin's 80.7 — a margin of 2.9 points.