Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1943 | 35 | |
| 1944 | 39 | |
| 1945 | 43 | |
| 1946 | 47 | |
| 1947 | 51 | |
| 1948 | 55 | |
| 1949 | 59 | |
| 1950 | 63 | |
| 1951 | 68 | |
| 1952 | 72 | |
| 1953 | 76 | |
| 1954 | 80 | |
| 1955 | 84 | |
| 1956 | 88 | |
| 1957 | 92 | |
| 1958 | 96 | |
| 1959 | 90 | |
| 1960 | 83 | |
| 1961 | 77 | |
| 1962 | 71 | |
| 1963 | 64 | |
| 1964 | 58 | |
| 1965 | 52 | |
| 1966 | 45 | |
| 1967 | 39 | |
| 1968 | 33 | |
| 1969 | 26 | |
| 1970 | 20 |
Data sources
- International Boxing Hall of Fame
- BoxRec records
- World sanctioning body archives
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Joe Brown ranks #54 in Boxing
Joe Brown ranks 54th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 498th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 92, 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 1943–1970 with 28 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1958, 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 title defences 11, professional wins 104, knockouts 47, professional bouts 160.
Immediately ahead sits James Toney on 87.8, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Gabriel Elorde 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.
Joe Brown GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Brown 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 1958. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 27 years of competition and 28 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- 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 Brown comparisons
Joe Brown — frequently asked
- Is Joe Brown the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Joe Brown ranks 54th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 87.8, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Joe Brown's GOAT Score?
- 87.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Joe Brown rank all time?
- 498th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 54th within Boxing.
- Joe Brown vs James Toney: who ranks higher?
- Joe Brown, on 87.8 against James Toney's 87.8 — a margin of 0.0 points.