Category profile
- Dominance
- 76
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 50 | |
| 1994 | 56 | |
| 1995 | 60 | |
| 1996 | 64 | |
| 1997 | 68 | |
| 1998 | 72 | |
| 1999 | 74 | |
| 2000 | 78 | |
| 2001 | 82 | |
| 2002 | 86 | |
| 2003 | 88 | |
| 2004 | 86 | |
| 2005 | 84 | |
| 2006 | 80 | |
| 2007 | 76 | |
| 2008 | 72 |
Data sources
- BoxRec
- The Ring
- IBHOF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Nikolai Valuev ranks #104 in Boxing
Nikolai Valuev ranks 104th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 914th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 76, Peak 88, Longevity 82, Honours 78, Statistics 88. 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 1993–2009 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2003, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world titles won 2, professional wins 50, knockouts 34, title defences 4.
Immediately ahead sits Pancho Villa on 81.9, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Chris Byrd on 81.8. 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.
Nikolai Valuev GOAT Score explained
- Dominance76/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Valuev stood above the field while competing. Scored 76/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2003. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Valuev comparisons
Nikolai Valuev — frequently asked
- Is Nikolai Valuev the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Nikolai Valuev ranks 104th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 81.8, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Nikolai Valuev's GOAT Score?
- 81.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 76 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Nikolai Valuev rank all time?
- 914th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 104th within Boxing.
- Nikolai Valuev vs Pancho Villa: who ranks higher?
- Pancho Villa, on 81.9 against Nikolai Valuev's 81.8 — a margin of 0.1 points.