Middleweight title defences
20
Professional wins
42
Knockouts
37
Olympic silver medals
1
World title reigns
2
Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Form index per season
Editorial season form index (0–100), not raw goals or points. Raw season-by-season statistics are shown only where fully verified.
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 45 | |
| 2007 | 52 | |
| 2008 | 58 | |
| 2009 | 65 | |
| 2010 | 72 | |
| 2011 | 78 | |
| 2012 | 85 | |
| 2013 | 91 | |
| 2014 | 98 | |
| 2015 | 91 | |
| 2016 | 84 | |
| 2017 | 77 | |
| 2018 | 70 | |
| 2019 | 63 | |
| 2020 | 56 | |
| 2021 | 49 | |
| 2022 | 42 | |
| 2023 | 35 |
Data sources
- International Boxing Hall of Fame
- BoxRec records
- World sanctioning body archives
Last verified: 2026-09-14
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Gennady Golovkin ranks #12 in Boxing
Gennady Golovkin ranks #12 in Boxing and #217 of 5087 across all sports. The verified GOAT Score is 90.6/100.
The verified career covers 2006–2023 and 18 documented seasons. Peak is 96/100, with Peak the strongest category at 96/100 (20% weight). Key metrics: Middleweight title defences 20, Professional wins 42, Knockouts 37, Olympic silver medals 1.
Nearest context: ahead Floyd Mayweather Jr. (90.7); behind Mary Kom (90.5). Rankings update whenever verified records change.
Gennady Golovkin GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Dominance: 90/100, based on the verified career record.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Peak: 96/100, based on the verified career record.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Longevity: 84/100, based on the verified career record.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Honours: 90/100, based on the verified career record.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Statistics: 94/100, based on the verified career record.
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Gennady Golovkin — frequently asked
- Is Gennady Golovkin the GOAT?
- According to GOAT Rank's current data model, Gennady Golovkin ranks #12 in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 90.6/100, behind Sugar Ray Robinson (94.3).
- What is Gennady Golovkin's GOAT Score?
- 90.6/100, calculated from the verified career record: Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%).
- Where does Gennady Golovkin rank all time?
- #217 of 5087 eligible athletes across all sports and #12 in Boxing.
- Gennady Golovkin vs Floyd Mayweather Jr.: who ranks higher?
- Floyd Mayweather Jr. ranks higher at 90.7 versus Gennady Golovkin at 90.6, a margin of 0.1 points.