Category profile
- Dominance
- 76
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 68
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 11 | |
| 1970 | 10 | |
| 1971 | 9 | |
| 1972 | 8 | |
| 1973 | 7 | |
| 1974 | 6 | |
| 1975 | 5 | |
| 1976 | 4 | |
| 1977 | 3 | |
| 1978 | 2 | |
| 1979 | 2 | |
| 1980 | 2 | |
| 1981 | 1 | |
| 1982 | 1 |
Data sources
- BoxRec
- IBHOF
- The Ring
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Earnie Shavers ranks #116 in Boxing
Earnie Shavers ranks 116th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 1020th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 80.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 76, Peak 90, Longevity 84, Honours 68, 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 1969–1995 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1969, 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 career knockouts 68, professional wins 74, world title fights 2, professional bouts 89.
Immediately ahead sits Jane Couch on 80.7, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Barry McGuigan on 80.5. 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.
Earnie Shavers GOAT Score explained
- Dominance76/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Shavers stood above the field while competing. Scored 76/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1969. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 26 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours68/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 68/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Shavers comparisons
Earnie Shavers — frequently asked
- Is Earnie Shavers the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Earnie Shavers ranks 116th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 80.6, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Earnie Shavers's GOAT Score?
- 80.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 76 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 68 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Earnie Shavers rank all time?
- 1020th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 116th within Boxing.
- Earnie Shavers vs Jane Couch: who ranks higher?
- Jane Couch, on 80.7 against Earnie Shavers's 80.6 — a margin of 0.1 points.