Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 4 | |
| 2003 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 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 David Haye ranks #94 in Boxing
David Haye ranks 94th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 813th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 92, Longevity 78, Honours 82, Statistics 86. 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 2002–2018 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2002, 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 won 4, professional wins 28, knockout wins 26, professional losses 4.
Immediately ahead sits Meldrick Taylor on 82.8, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Jermain Taylor on 82.8. 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.
David Haye GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Haye stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2002. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Haye comparisons
David Haye — frequently asked
- Is David Haye the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. David Haye ranks 94th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 82.8, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is David Haye's GOAT Score?
- 82.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does David Haye rank all time?
- 813th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 94th within Boxing.
- David Haye vs Meldrick Taylor: who ranks higher?
- David Haye, on 82.8 against Meldrick Taylor's 82.8 — a margin of 0.0 points.