Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 8 | |
| 2013 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 8 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 2 |
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 Nicola Adams ranks #35 in Boxing
Nicola Adams ranks 35th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 417th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 78, Honours 88, Statistics 84. 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 2001–2019 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2012, 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 olympic golds 2, world championship medals 3, commonwealth golds 1, european titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Pernell Whitaker on 85.2, a gap of -0.5 points. Directly behind is Rocky Marciano on 86.3. 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.
Nicola Adams GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Adams stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2012. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Adams comparisons
Nicola Adams — frequently asked
- Is Nicola Adams the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Nicola Adams ranks 35th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 85.7, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Nicola Adams's GOAT Score?
- 85.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Nicola Adams rank all time?
- 417th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 35th within Boxing.
- Nicola Adams vs Pernell Whitaker: who ranks higher?
- Nicola Adams, on 85.7 against Pernell Whitaker's 85.2 — a margin of 0.5 points.