Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 40 | |
| 1959 | 48 | |
| 1960 | 56 | |
| 1961 | 64 | |
| 1962 | 72 | |
| 1963 | 80 | |
| 1964 | 88 | |
| 1965 | 96 | |
| 1966 | 90 | |
| 1967 | 84 | |
| 1968 | 78 | |
| 1969 | 72 | |
| 1970 | 66 | |
| 1971 | 61 | |
| 1972 | 55 | |
| 1973 | 49 | |
| 1974 | 43 | |
| 1975 | 37 | |
| 1976 | 31 | |
| 1977 | 25 |
Data sources
- International Boxing Hall of Fame
- BoxRec records
- World sanctioning body archives
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Emile Griffith ranks #25 in Boxing
Emile Griffith ranks 25th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 267th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 92, Honours 88, Statistics 92. Those categories are normalised against the full Boxing reference universe of 231 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1958–1977 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1965, 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 title reigns 5, world title fights 22, professional wins 85, professional bouts 112.
Immediately ahead sits Ezzard Charles on 89.8, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Héctor Camacho on 89.6. 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.
Emile Griffith GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Griffith stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1965. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Griffith comparisons
Emile Griffith — frequently asked
- Is Emile Griffith the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Emile Griffith ranks 25th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 89.7, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Emile Griffith's GOAT Score?
- 89.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Emile Griffith rank all time?
- 267th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 25th within Boxing.
- Emile Griffith vs Ezzard Charles: who ranks higher?
- Ezzard Charles, on 89.8 against Emile Griffith's 89.7 — a margin of 0.1 points.