Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Form index per season
| 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
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Deontay Wilder ranks #79 in Boxing
Deontay Wilder ranks 79th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 714th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 90, Longevity 80, Honours 80, Statistics 88. 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 2008–present with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2009, 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 world title defences 10, professional wins 43, knockouts 42, olympic medals 1.
Immediately ahead sits Erik Morales on 83.8, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is James J. Corbett on 83.8. 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.
Deontay Wilder GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Wilder stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2009. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Wilder comparisons
Deontay Wilder — frequently asked
- Is Deontay Wilder the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Deontay Wilder ranks 79th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 83.7, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Deontay Wilder's GOAT Score?
- 83.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Deontay Wilder rank all time?
- 714th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 79th within Boxing.
- Deontay Wilder vs Erik Morales: who ranks higher?
- Erik Morales, on 83.8 against Deontay Wilder's 83.7 — a margin of 0.1 points.