Category profile
- Dominance
- 74
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 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 James DeGale ranks #122 in Boxing
James DeGale ranks 122nd among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 1114th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 79.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 74, Peak 90, Longevity 74, Honours 80, Statistics 84. 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 2009–2019 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2010, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic golds 1, world titles won 1, professional wins 25, knockout wins 15.
Immediately ahead sits Jake LaMotta on 80.2, a gap of 0.3 points. Directly behind is Anthony Joshua on 79.7. 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.
James DeGale GOAT Score explained
- Dominance74/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far DeGale stood above the field while competing. Scored 74/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2010. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 10 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top DeGale comparisons
James DeGale — frequently asked
- Is James DeGale the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. James DeGale ranks 122nd in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 79.9, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is James DeGale's GOAT Score?
- 79.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 74 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does James DeGale rank all time?
- 1114th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 122nd within Boxing.
- James DeGale vs Jake LaMotta: who ranks higher?
- Jake LaMotta, on 80.2 against James DeGale's 79.9 — a margin of 0.3 points.