Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 9 | |
| 1924 | 8 | |
| 1925 | 7 | |
| 1926 | 6 | |
| 1927 | 6 | |
| 1928 | 5 | |
| 1929 | 4 | |
| 1930 | 5 | |
| 1931 | 4 | |
| 1932 | 3 | |
| 1933 | 3 | |
| 1934 | 2 | |
| 1935 | 2 | |
| 1936 | 1 |
Data sources
- BoxRec
- IBHOF
- The Ring
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Jimmy McLarnin ranks #70 in Boxing
Jimmy McLarnin ranks 70th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 627th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 78, Honours 82, Statistics 88. 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 1923–1936 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1923, 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 world titles 2, professional wins 62, career knockouts 20, professional bouts 77.
Immediately ahead sits Pipino Cuevas on 84.9, a gap of 0.3 points. Directly behind is Gene Tunney on 84.4. 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 McLarnin GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far McLarnin stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1923. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top McLarnin comparisons
Jimmy McLarnin — frequently asked
- Is Jimmy McLarnin the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jimmy McLarnin ranks 70th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 84.6, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Jimmy McLarnin's GOAT Score?
- 84.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jimmy McLarnin rank all time?
- 627th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 70th within Boxing.
- Jimmy McLarnin vs Pipino Cuevas: who ranks higher?
- Pipino Cuevas, on 84.9 against Jimmy McLarnin's 84.6 — a margin of 0.3 points.