Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 70
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 45 | |
| 1988 | 54 | |
| 1989 | 62 | |
| 1990 | 71 | |
| 1991 | 79 | |
| 1992 | 88 | |
| 1993 | 96 | |
| 1994 | 74 | |
| 1995 | 52 | |
| 1996 | 30 |
Data sources
- International Boxing Hall of Fame
- BoxRec records
- World sanctioning body archives
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Nigel Benn ranks #186 in Boxing
Nigel Benn ranks 186th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 1411th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 92, Longevity 70, 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 1987–1996 with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1993, 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 in weight classes 2, professional wins 42, knockouts 35, title defences 9.
Immediately ahead sits Jessica McCaskill on 82.5, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Sixto Escobar on 82.4. 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.
Nigel Benn GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Benn stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1993. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity70/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 9 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 70/100.
- 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 Benn comparisons
Nigel Benn — frequently asked
- Is Nigel Benn the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Nigel Benn ranks 186th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 82.5, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Nigel Benn's GOAT Score?
- 82.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 70 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Nigel Benn rank all time?
- 1411th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 186th within Boxing.
- Nigel Benn vs Jessica McCaskill: who ranks higher?
- Nigel Benn, on 82.5 against Jessica McCaskill's 82.5 — a margin of 0.0 points.