Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 4 | |
| 1999 | 4 | |
| 2000 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 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 Floyd Mayweather Jr. ranks #6 in Boxing
Floyd Mayweather Jr. ranks 6th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 59th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 92, Longevity 90, Honours 90, Statistics 92. 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 1996–2017 with 18 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 15, career wins 50, weight classes 5, knockouts 27.
Immediately ahead sits Joe Louis on 91.4, a gap of 0.7 points. Directly behind is Manny Pacquiao on 90.3. 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.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Mayweather stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1998. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. — frequently asked
- Is Floyd Mayweather Jr. the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Floyd Mayweather Jr. ranks 6th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 90.7, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s GOAT Score?
- 90.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Floyd Mayweather Jr. rank all time?
- 59th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 6th within Boxing.
- Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Joe Louis: who ranks higher?
- Joe Louis, on 91.4 against Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s 90.7 — a margin of 0.7 points.