Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 76
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 45 | |
| 1930 | 55 | |
| 1931 | 66 | |
| 1932 | 76 | |
| 1933 | 87 | |
| 1934 | 97 | |
| 1935 | 87 | |
| 1936 | 78 | |
| 1937 | 68 | |
| 1938 | 59 | |
| 1939 | 49 | |
| 1940 | 40 | |
| 1941 | 30 |
Data sources
- International Boxing Hall of Fame
- BoxRec records
- Ring Magazine archives
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Max Baer ranks #163 in Boxing
Max Baer ranks 163rd among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 1212th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 94, Longevity 76, Honours 82, Statistics 88. 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 1929–1941 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1934, 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 world titles 1, career wins 68, knockouts 51, title fights 2.
Immediately ahead sits Danny García on 83.6, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Barney Aaron on 83.6. 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.
Max Baer GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Baer stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1934. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity76/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 76/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Baer comparisons
Max Baer — frequently asked
- Is Max Baer the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Max Baer ranks 163rd in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 83.6, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Max Baer's GOAT Score?
- 83.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 76 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Max Baer rank all time?
- 1212th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 163rd within Boxing.
- Max Baer vs Danny García: who ranks higher?
- Max Baer, on 83.6 against Danny García's 83.6 — a margin of 0.0 points.