World title defences
10
Professional wins
43
Knockouts
42
Olympic medals
1
Professional bouts
50
Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Form index per season
Editorial season form index (0–100), not raw goals or points. Raw season-by-season statistics are shown only where fully verified.
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 7 | |
| 2010 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Data sources
- BoxRec
- The Ring
- IBHOF
Last verified: 2026-09-14
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Deontay Wilder ranks #159 in Boxing
Deontay Wilder ranks #159 in Boxing and #1300 of 5087 across all sports. The verified GOAT Score is 83.7/100.
The verified career covers 2008–present and 17 documented seasons. Peak is 90/100, with Peak the strongest category at 90/100 (20% weight). Key metrics: World title defences 10, Professional wins 43, Knockouts 42, Olympic medals 1.
Nearest context: ahead Naseem Hamed (83.8); behind Joe Choynski (83.7). Rankings update whenever verified records change.
Deontay Wilder GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Dominance: 82/100, based on the verified career record.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Peak: 90/100, based on the verified career record.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Longevity: 80/100, based on the verified career record.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Honours: 80/100, based on the verified career record.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Statistics: 88/100, based on the verified career record.
Top Wilder comparisons
Deontay Wilder — frequently asked
- Is Deontay Wilder the GOAT?
- According to GOAT Rank's current data model, Deontay Wilder ranks #159 in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 83.7/100, behind Sugar Ray Robinson (94.3).
- What is Deontay Wilder's GOAT Score?
- 83.7/100, calculated from the verified career record: Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%).
- Where does Deontay Wilder rank all time?
- #1300 of 5087 eligible athletes across all sports and #159 in Boxing.
- Deontay Wilder vs Naseem Hamed: who ranks higher?
- Naseem Hamed ranks higher at 83.8 versus Deontay Wilder at 83.7, a margin of 0.1 points.