Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 9 | |
| 1983 | 7 | |
| 1984 | 6 | |
| 1985 | 6 | |
| 1986 | 5 | |
| 1987 | 4 | |
| 1988 | 4 | |
| 1989 | 3 | |
| 1990 | 3 | |
| 1991 | 3 | |
| 1992 | 2 | |
| 1993 | 2 | |
| 1994 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 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 Julio César Chávez ranks #11 in Boxing
Julio César Chávez ranks 11th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 83rd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 92, Longevity 90, Honours 88, Statistics 92. 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 1980–2005 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1982, 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 6, career wins 107, unbeaten run 87, knockouts 86.
Immediately ahead sits Mary Kom on 90.5, a gap of 0.7 points. Directly behind is Bernard Hopkins on 88.2. 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.
Julio César Chávez GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Chávez stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1982. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 25 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- 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 Chávez comparisons
Julio César Chávez — frequently asked
- Is Julio César Chávez the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Julio César Chávez ranks 11th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 89.8, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Julio César Chávez's GOAT Score?
- 89.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Julio César Chávez rank all time?
- 83rd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 11th within Boxing.
- Julio César Chávez vs Mary Kom: who ranks higher?
- Mary Kom, on 90.5 against Julio César Chávez's 89.8 — a margin of 0.7 points.