Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 6 | |
| 1993 | 5 | |
| 1994 | 4 | |
| 1995 | 4 | |
| 1996 | 3 | |
| 1997 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 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 Kostya Tszyu ranks #32 in Boxing
Kostya Tszyu ranks 32nd among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 402nd 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 92, Longevity 78, Honours 86, 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 1992–2005 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1992, 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 undisputed titles 1, professional wins 31, knockouts 25, career losses 2.
Immediately ahead sits Terence Crawford on 86.4, a gap of 0.5 points. Directly behind is Sandy Saddler on 84.9. 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.
Kostya Tszyu GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Tszyu stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1992. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Tszyu comparisons
Kostya Tszyu — frequently asked
- Is Kostya Tszyu the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Kostya Tszyu ranks 32nd in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 85.9, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Kostya Tszyu's GOAT Score?
- 85.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Kostya Tszyu rank all time?
- 402nd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 32nd within Boxing.
- Kostya Tszyu vs Terence Crawford: who ranks higher?
- Terence Crawford, on 86.4 against Kostya Tszyu's 85.9 — a margin of 0.5 points.