Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 72
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 45 | |
| 1953 | 53 | |
| 1954 | 60 | |
| 1955 | 68 | |
| 1956 | 76 | |
| 1957 | 84 | |
| 1958 | 91 | |
| 1959 | 99 | |
| 1960 | 82 | |
| 1961 | 65 | |
| 1962 | 47 | |
| 1963 | 30 |
Data sources
- International Boxing Hall of Fame
- BoxRec records
- Ring Magazine archives
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ingemar Johansson ranks #142 in Boxing
Ingemar Johansson ranks 142nd among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 1076th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 96, Longevity 72, Honours 86, Statistics 88. 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 1952–1963 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1959, 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 world titles 1, career wins 26, knockouts 17, european titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Carmen Basilio on 84.6, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Mike Gibbons on 84.5. 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.
Ingemar Johansson GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Johansson stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1959. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity72/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 11 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 72/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Johansson comparisons
Ingemar Johansson — frequently asked
- Is Ingemar Johansson the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ingemar Johansson ranks 142nd in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 84.5, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Ingemar Johansson's GOAT Score?
- 84.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 72 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ingemar Johansson rank all time?
- 1076th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 142nd within Boxing.
- Ingemar Johansson vs Carmen Basilio: who ranks higher?
- Carmen Basilio, on 84.6 against Ingemar Johansson's 84.5 — a margin of 0.1 points.