Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 12 | |
| 1935 | 14 | |
| 1936 | 15 | |
| 1937 | 27 | |
| 1938 | 14 | |
| 1939 | 12 | |
| 1940 | 10 | |
| 1941 | 8 | |
| 1942 | 6 | |
| 1943 | 5 | |
| 1944 | 4 | |
| 1945 | 3 |
Data sources
- BoxRec
- The Ring
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Henry Armstrong ranks #17 in Boxing
Henry Armstrong ranks 17th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 175th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 94, Longevity 82, Honours 88, Statistics 90. 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 1931–1945 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1937, 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 titles 3, simultaneous world titles 3, career wins 151, knockouts 101.
Immediately ahead sits Evander Holyfield on 87.6, a gap of -1.2 points. Directly behind is Sugar Ray Leonard on 88.2. 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.
Henry Armstrong GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Armstrong 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 1937. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Armstrong comparisons
Henry Armstrong — frequently asked
- Is Henry Armstrong the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Henry Armstrong ranks 17th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 88.8, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Henry Armstrong's GOAT Score?
- 88.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Henry Armstrong rank all time?
- 175th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 17th within Boxing.
- Henry Armstrong vs Evander Holyfield: who ranks higher?
- Henry Armstrong, on 88.8 against Evander Holyfield's 87.6 — a margin of 1.2 points.