Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 45 | |
| 1974 | 50 | |
| 1975 | 56 | |
| 1976 | 61 | |
| 1977 | 66 | |
| 1978 | 72 | |
| 1979 | 77 | |
| 1980 | 82 | |
| 1981 | 87 | |
| 1982 | 93 | |
| 1983 | 98 | |
| 1984 | 94 | |
| 1985 | 90 | |
| 1986 | 86 | |
| 1987 | 83 | |
| 1988 | 79 | |
| 1989 | 75 | |
| 1990 | 71 | |
| 1991 | 67 | |
| 1992 | 63 | |
| 1993 | 60 | |
| 1994 | 56 | |
| 1995 | 52 | |
| 1996 | 48 | |
| 1997 | 44 | |
| 1998 | 40 | |
| 1999 | 37 | |
| 2000 | 33 | |
| 2001 | 29 | |
| 2002 | 25 |
Data sources
- International Boxing Hall of Fame
- BoxRec records
- World sanctioning body archives
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Larry Holmes ranks #9 in Boxing
Larry Holmes ranks 9th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 126th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 91.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 94, Longevity 90, Honours 90, Statistics 94. Those categories are normalised against the full Boxing reference universe of 231 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1973–2002 with 30 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1983, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes heavyweight title defences 20, professional wins 69, knockouts 44, unbeaten start in bouts 48.
Immediately ahead sits Harry Greb on 91.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Joe Gans on 91.2. 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.
Larry Holmes GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Holmes stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1983. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 29 years of competition and 30 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Holmes comparisons
Larry Holmes — frequently asked
- Is Larry Holmes the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Larry Holmes ranks 9th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 91.4, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Larry Holmes's GOAT Score?
- 91.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Larry Holmes rank all time?
- 126th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 9th within Boxing.
- Larry Holmes vs Harry Greb: who ranks higher?
- Larry Holmes, on 91.4 against Harry Greb's 91.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.