Category profile
- Dominance
- 94
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 94
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5 | |
| 1997 | 6 | |
| 1998 | 4 | |
| 1999 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 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 Floyd Mayweather ranks #2 in Boxing
Floyd Mayweather ranks 2nd among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 20th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 94.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 94, Peak 96, Longevity 92, Honours 94, Statistics 94. 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 1996–2017 with 21 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1997, which sets the Peak component at 96. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes professional wins 50, world titles in weight classes 5, title fight wins 26, olympic medals 1.
Immediately ahead sits Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3, a gap of 0.3 points. Directly behind is Muhammad Ali on 94.1. 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.
Floyd Mayweather GOAT Score explained
- Dominance94/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Mayweather stood above the field while competing. Scored 94/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1997. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 21 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours94/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 94/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
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Floyd Mayweather — frequently asked
- Is Floyd Mayweather the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Floyd Mayweather ranks 2nd in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 94.0, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Floyd Mayweather's GOAT Score?
- 94.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 94 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 94 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Floyd Mayweather rank all time?
- 20th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 2nd within Boxing.
- Floyd Mayweather vs Sugar Ray Robinson: who ranks higher?
- Sugar Ray Robinson, on 94.3 against Floyd Mayweather's 94.0 — a margin of 0.3 points.