Category profile
- Dominance
- 92
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 96
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1913 | 45 | |
| 1914 | 52 | |
| 1915 | 58 | |
| 1916 | 65 | |
| 1917 | 72 | |
| 1918 | 78 | |
| 1919 | 85 | |
| 1920 | 91 | |
| 1921 | 98 | |
| 1922 | 84 | |
| 1923 | 71 | |
| 1924 | 57 | |
| 1925 | 44 | |
| 1926 | 30 |
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 Harry Greb ranks #8 in Boxing
Harry Greb ranks 8th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 125th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 91.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 92, Peak 96, Longevity 86, Honours 88, Statistics 96. 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 1913–1926 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1921, 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 bouts 298, professional wins 261, world titles 1, title defences 6.
Immediately ahead sits Thomas Hearns on 91.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Larry Holmes on 91.4. 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.
Harry Greb GOAT Score explained
- Dominance92/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Greb stood above the field while competing. Scored 92/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1921. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics96/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 96/100.
Top Greb comparisons
Harry Greb — frequently asked
- Is Harry Greb the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Harry Greb ranks 8th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 91.4, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Harry Greb's GOAT Score?
- 91.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 92 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 96 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Harry Greb rank all time?
- 125th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 8th within Boxing.
- Harry Greb vs Thomas Hearns: who ranks higher?
- Harry Greb, on 91.4 against Thomas Hearns's 91.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.