Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 74
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1941 | 11 | |
| 1942 | 13 | |
| 1943 | 12 | |
| 1944 | 10 | |
| 1945 | 9 | |
| 1946 | 8 | |
| 1947 | 7 | |
| 1948 | 6 | |
| 1949 | 5 | |
| 1950 | 4 | |
| 1951 | 3 | |
| 1952 | 3 | |
| 1953 | 2 | |
| 1954 | 1 |
Data sources
- BoxRec
- The Ring
- International Boxing Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Jake LaMotta ranks #50 in Boxing
Jake LaMotta ranks 50th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 672nd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 80.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 86, Longevity 82, Honours 74, Statistics 82. 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 1941–1954 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1942, which sets the Peak component at 86. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 86 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world titles 1, professional wins 83, knockouts 30, career bouts 106.
Immediately ahead sits Mike Tyson on 83.0, a gap of 2.8 points. Directly behind is Vasiliy Lomachenko on 81.9. 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.
Jake LaMotta GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far LaMotta stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1942. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours74/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 74/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top LaMotta comparisons
Jake LaMotta — frequently asked
- Is Jake LaMotta the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jake LaMotta ranks 50th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 80.2, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Jake LaMotta's GOAT Score?
- 80.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 74 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jake LaMotta rank all time?
- 672nd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 50th within Boxing.
- Jake LaMotta vs Mike Tyson: who ranks higher?
- Mike Tyson, on 83.0 against Jake LaMotta's 80.2 — a margin of 2.8 points.