Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 76
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 55 | |
| 1892 | 63 | |
| 1893 | 72 | |
| 1894 | 80 | |
| 1895 | 89 | |
| 1896 | 97 | |
| 1897 | 80 | |
| 1898 | 62 | |
| 1899 | 45 |
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 Jimmy Barry ranks #52 in Boxing
Jimmy Barry ranks 52nd among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 485th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 94, Longevity 76, Honours 88, Statistics 92. 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 1891–1899 with 9 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1896, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world championship reigns 1, career wins 59, knockouts 39, title defences 4.
Immediately ahead sits James J. Jeffries on 87.9, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is James Toney on 87.8. 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.
Jimmy Barry GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Barry stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1896. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity76/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 8 years of competition and 9 recorded seasons. Scored 76/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Barry comparisons
Jimmy Barry — frequently asked
- Is Jimmy Barry the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jimmy Barry ranks 52nd in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 87.9, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Jimmy Barry's GOAT Score?
- 87.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 76 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jimmy Barry rank all time?
- 485th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 52nd within Boxing.
- Jimmy Barry vs James J. Jeffries: who ranks higher?
- Jimmy Barry, on 87.9 against James J. Jeffries's 87.9 — a margin of 0.0 points.