Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 8 | |
| 1959 | 9 | |
| 1960 | 8 | |
| 1961 | 7 | |
| 1962 | 6 | |
| 1963 | 5 | |
| 1964 | 5 | |
| 1965 | 4 | |
| 1966 | 4 | |
| 1967 | 3 | |
| 1968 | 3 | |
| 1969 | 3 | |
| 1970 | 2 | |
| 1971 | 2 | |
| 1972 | 1 | |
| 1973 | 1 | |
| 1974 | 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 José Nápoles ranks #28 in Boxing
José Nápoles ranks 28th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 325th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 90, Longevity 84, 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 1958–1975 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1959, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world titles 2, title defences 13, professional wins 77, knockouts 54.
Immediately ahead sits Lennox Lewis on 86.4, a gap of 0.5 points. Directly behind is Rubén Olivares on 85.3. 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.
José Nápoles GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Nápoles stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1959. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- 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 Nápoles comparisons
José Nápoles — frequently asked
- Is José Nápoles the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. José Nápoles ranks 28th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 85.9, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is José Nápoles's GOAT Score?
- 85.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does José Nápoles rank all time?
- 325th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 28th within Boxing.
- José Nápoles vs Lennox Lewis: who ranks higher?
- Lennox Lewis, on 86.4 against José Nápoles's 85.9 — a margin of 0.5 points.