Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 76
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 4 | |
| 1966 | 6 | |
| 1967 | 5 | |
| 1968 | 4 | |
| 1969 | 3 | |
| 1970 | 2 | |
| 1971 | 2 | |
| 1972 | 1 | |
| 1973 | 2 | |
| 1974 | 1 | |
| 1975 | 1 | |
| 1976 | 1 |
Data sources
- BoxRec
- The Ring
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Joe Frazier ranks #42 in Boxing
Joe Frazier ranks 42nd among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 525th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 76, Honours 84, 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 1964–1981 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1966, 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 1, olympic golds 1, career wins 32, knockouts 27.
Immediately ahead sits Jack Dempsey on 84.3, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Vasyl Lomachenko on 85.6. 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 Frazier GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Frazier 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 1966. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity76/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 76/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Frazier comparisons
Joe Frazier — frequently asked
- Is Joe Frazier the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Joe Frazier ranks 42nd in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 84.3, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Joe Frazier's GOAT Score?
- 84.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 76 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Joe Frazier rank all time?
- 525th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 42nd within Boxing.
- Joe Frazier vs Jack Dempsey: who ranks higher?
- Joe Frazier, on 84.3 against Jack Dempsey's 84.3 — a margin of 0.0 points.