Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 72
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 4 | |
| 1978 | 5 | |
| 1979 | 4 | |
| 1980 | 3 | |
| 1981 | 3 | |
| 1982 | 2 | |
| 1983 | 2 | |
| 1984 | 2 | |
| 1985 | 2 | |
| 1986 | 2 | |
| 1987 | 1 | |
| 1988 | 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 Michael Spinks ranks #48 in Boxing
Michael Spinks ranks 48th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 634th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 72, Honours 84, Statistics 86. 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 1977–1988 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1978, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes undisputed titles 1, world titles in weight classes 2, professional wins 31, career losses 1.
Immediately ahead sits Christy Martin on 80.7, a gap of -2.4 points. Directly behind is Mike Tyson on 83.0. 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.
Michael Spinks GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Spinks stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1978. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity72/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 11 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 72/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Spinks comparisons
Michael Spinks — frequently asked
- Is Michael Spinks the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Michael Spinks ranks 48th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 83.1, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Michael Spinks's GOAT Score?
- 83.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 72 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Michael Spinks rank all time?
- 634th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 48th within Boxing.
- Michael Spinks vs Christy Martin: who ranks higher?
- Michael Spinks, on 83.1 against Christy Martin's 80.7 — a margin of 2.4 points.