Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 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 Claressa Shields ranks #46 in Boxing
Claressa Shields ranks 46th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 578th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 74, Honours 86, Statistics 84. 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 2012–present with 9 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2017, 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 olympic golds 2, undisputed titles 3, world titles 12, career wins 16.
Immediately ahead sits Félix Trinidad on 83.5, a gap of -0.1 points. Directly behind is Christy Martin on 80.7. 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.
Claressa Shields GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Shields stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2017. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 9 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Shields comparisons
Claressa Shields — frequently asked
- Is Claressa Shields the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Claressa Shields ranks 46th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 83.6, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Claressa Shields's GOAT Score?
- 83.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Claressa Shields rank all time?
- 578th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 46th within Boxing.
- Claressa Shields vs Félix Trinidad: who ranks higher?
- Claressa Shields, on 83.6 against Félix Trinidad's 83.5 — a margin of 0.1 points.