Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 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 Gennadiy Golovkin ranks #10 in Boxing
Gennadiy Golovkin ranks 10th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 130th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 94, Longevity 86, Honours 88, Statistics 92. 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 2006–2022 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2006, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world title defences 21, professional wins 42, knockouts 37, olympic medals 1.
Immediately ahead sits Bob Fitzsimmons on 90.1, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Julio César Chávez on 89.8. 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.
Gennadiy Golovkin GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Golovkin stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2006. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- 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 Golovkin comparisons
Gennadiy Golovkin — frequently asked
- Is Gennadiy Golovkin the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Gennadiy Golovkin ranks 10th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 89.9, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Gennadiy Golovkin's GOAT Score?
- 89.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Gennadiy Golovkin rank all time?
- 130th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 10th within Boxing.
- Gennadiy Golovkin vs Bob Fitzsimmons: who ranks higher?
- Bob Fitzsimmons, on 90.1 against Gennadiy Golovkin's 89.9 — a margin of 0.2 points.