Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 5 | |
| 1968 | 6 | |
| 1969 | 5 | |
| 1970 | 4 | |
| 1971 | 3 | |
| 1972 | 3 | |
| 1973 | 3 | |
| 1974 | 3 | |
| 1975 | 2 | |
| 1976 | 3 | |
| 1977 | 2 | |
| 1978 | 2 | |
| 1979 | 1 | |
| 1980 | 1 | |
| 1981 | 1 |
Data sources
- BoxRec
- The Ring
- IBHOF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ken Norton ranks #99 in Boxing
Ken Norton ranks 99th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 873rd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 80, Honours 78, Statistics 84. 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 1967–1981 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1968, 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 heavyweight titles 1, professional wins 42, knockouts 33, fights with muhammad ali 3.
Immediately ahead sits Adrien Broner on 82.3, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Alycia Baumgardner on 82.2. 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.
Ken Norton GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Norton stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1968. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Norton comparisons
Ken Norton — frequently asked
- Is Ken Norton the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ken Norton ranks 99th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 82.2, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Ken Norton's GOAT Score?
- 82.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ken Norton rank all time?
- 873rd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 99th within Boxing.
- Ken Norton vs Adrien Broner: who ranks higher?
- Adrien Broner, on 82.3 against Ken Norton's 82.2 — a margin of 0.1 points.