Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1918 | 21 | |
| 1919 | 11 | |
| 1920 | 5 | |
| 1921 | 2 | |
| 1922 | 3 | |
| 1923 | 1 | |
| 1924 | 1 | |
| 1925 | 1 | |
| 1926 | 1 | |
| 1927 | 1 |
Data sources
- BoxRec
- The Ring
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Jack Dempsey ranks #41 in Boxing
Jack Dempsey ranks 41st among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 503rd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 78, Honours 82, Statistics 86. 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 1914–1927 with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1918, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world titles 1, career wins 54, knockouts 44, title defences 5.
Immediately ahead sits Naoya Inoue on 86.3, a gap of 2.0 points. Directly behind is Joe Frazier on 84.3. 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.
Jack Dempsey GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Dempsey stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1918. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Dempsey comparisons
Jack Dempsey — frequently asked
- Is Jack Dempsey the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jack Dempsey ranks 41st in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 84.3, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Jack Dempsey's GOAT Score?
- 84.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jack Dempsey rank all time?
- 503rd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 41st within Boxing.
- Jack Dempsey vs Naoya Inoue: who ranks higher?
- Naoya Inoue, on 86.3 against Jack Dempsey's 84.3 — a margin of 2.0 points.