Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1922 | 1 | |
| 1923 | 2 | |
| 1924 | 2 | |
| 1925 | 2 | |
| 1926 | 1 | |
| 1927 | 1 | |
| 1928 | 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 Gene Tunney ranks #44 in Boxing
Gene Tunney ranks 44th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 554th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 74, Honours 84, Statistics 86. 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 1915–1928 with 7 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1923, 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 heavyweight titles 1, professional wins 65, career losses 1, knockouts 48.
Immediately ahead sits Vasyl Lomachenko on 85.6, a gap of 1.2 points. Directly behind is Félix Trinidad on 83.5. 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.
Gene Tunney GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Tunney 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 1923. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 7 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Tunney comparisons
Gene Tunney — frequently asked
- Is Gene Tunney the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Gene Tunney ranks 44th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 84.4, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Gene Tunney's GOAT Score?
- 84.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Gene Tunney rank all time?
- 554th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 44th within Boxing.
- Gene Tunney vs Vasyl Lomachenko: who ranks higher?
- Vasyl Lomachenko, on 85.6 against Gene Tunney's 84.4 — a margin of 1.2 points.