Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1876 | 50 | |
| 1877 | 56 | |
| 1878 | 61 | |
| 1879 | 67 | |
| 1880 | 73 | |
| 1881 | 78 | |
| 1882 | 84 | |
| 1883 | 89 | |
| 1884 | 95 | |
| 1885 | 87 | |
| 1886 | 79 | |
| 1887 | 71 | |
| 1888 | 64 | |
| 1889 | 56 | |
| 1890 | 48 | |
| 1891 | 40 |
Data sources
- International Boxing Hall of Fame
- BoxRec records
- The Ring archive
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Jem Carney ranks #95 in Boxing
Jem Carney ranks 95th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 767th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 82, Honours 84, 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 1876–1891 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1884, 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 career wins 27, championship claims 1, longest fight in rounds 74, career fights 33.
Immediately ahead sits Charley Burley on 86.2, a gap of -0.1 points. Directly behind is Billy Graham on 86.3. 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.
Jem Carney GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Carney stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1884. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Carney comparisons
Jem Carney — frequently asked
- Is Jem Carney the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jem Carney ranks 95th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 86.3, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Jem Carney's GOAT Score?
- 86.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jem Carney rank all time?
- 767th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 95th within Boxing.
- Jem Carney vs Charley Burley: who ranks higher?
- Jem Carney, on 86.3 against Charley Burley's 86.2 — a margin of 0.1 points.