Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5 | |
| 2002 | 5 | |
| 2003 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 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 Jermain Taylor ranks #95 in Boxing
Jermain Taylor ranks 95th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 814th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, 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 2001–2014 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2001, 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 undisputed titles 1, world titles won 4, professional wins 33, knockout wins 20.
Immediately ahead sits David Haye on 82.8, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Zab Judah on 82.7. 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.
Jermain Taylor GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Taylor stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2001. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 13 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 Taylor comparisons
Jermain Taylor — frequently asked
- Is Jermain Taylor the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jermain Taylor ranks 95th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 82.8, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Jermain Taylor's GOAT Score?
- 82.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jermain Taylor rank all time?
- 814th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 95th within Boxing.
- Jermain Taylor vs David Haye: who ranks higher?
- Jermain Taylor, on 82.8 against David Haye's 82.8 — a margin of 0.0 points.