Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 5 | |
| 1999 | 4 | |
| 2000 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 4 | |
| 2003 | 3 | |
| 2004 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 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 Manny Pacquiao ranks #7 in Boxing
Manny Pacquiao ranks 7th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 60th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 92, Longevity 92, Honours 90, Statistics 90. 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 1995–2021 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1998, 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 12, weight divisions 8, career wins 62, knockouts 39.
Immediately ahead sits Floyd Mayweather Jr. on 90.7, a gap of 0.4 points. Directly behind is Willie Pep on 89.8. 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.
Manny Pacquiao GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Pacquiao 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 1998. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 26 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Pacquiao comparisons
Manny Pacquiao — frequently asked
- Is Manny Pacquiao the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Manny Pacquiao ranks 7th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 90.3, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Manny Pacquiao's GOAT Score?
- 90.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Manny Pacquiao rank all time?
- 60th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 7th within Boxing.
- Manny Pacquiao vs Floyd Mayweather Jr.: who ranks higher?
- Floyd Mayweather Jr., on 90.7 against Manny Pacquiao's 90.3 — a margin of 0.4 points.