Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 70
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Data sources
- BoxRec
- The Ring
- IBHOF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Naoya Inoue ranks #40 in Boxing
Naoya Inoue ranks 40th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 490th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 94, Longevity 70, Honours 86, 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 2012–present with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2013, 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 professional wins 31, wins by knockout 27, world titles in weight classes 4, undisputed titles 2.
Immediately ahead sits Shane Mosley on 83.4, a gap of -2.9 points. Directly behind is Jack Dempsey on 84.3. 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.
Naoya Inoue GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Inoue 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 2013. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity70/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 70/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- 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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Naoya Inoue — frequently asked
- Is Naoya Inoue the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Naoya Inoue ranks 40th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 86.3, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Naoya Inoue's GOAT Score?
- 86.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 70 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Naoya Inoue rank all time?
- 490th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 40th within Boxing.
- Naoya Inoue vs Shane Mosley: who ranks higher?
- Naoya Inoue, on 86.3 against Shane Mosley's 83.4 — a margin of 2.9 points.