Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1884 | 8 | |
| 1885 | 10 | |
| 1886 | 9 | |
| 1887 | 8 | |
| 1888 | 7 | |
| 1889 | 6 | |
| 1890 | 5 | |
| 1891 | 4 | |
| 1892 | 3 | |
| 1893 | 2 | |
| 1894 | 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 Nonpareil Jack Dempsey ranks #31 in Boxing
Nonpareil Jack Dempsey ranks 31st among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 375th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 94, Longevity 80, Honours 84, 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 1883–1895 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1885, 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 world titles won 1, professional wins 50, knockout wins 25, world title defences 5.
Immediately ahead sits Sergey Kovalev on 86.9, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Jack Dillon on 86.5. 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.
Nonpareil Jack Dempsey GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Dempsey stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1885. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Dempsey comparisons
Nonpareil Jack Dempsey — frequently asked
- Is Nonpareil Jack Dempsey the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Nonpareil Jack Dempsey ranks 31st in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 86.8, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Nonpareil Jack Dempsey's GOAT Score?
- 86.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Nonpareil Jack Dempsey rank all time?
- 375th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 31st within Boxing.
- Nonpareil Jack Dempsey vs Sergey Kovalev: who ranks higher?
- Sergey Kovalev, on 86.9 against Nonpareil Jack Dempsey's 86.8 — a margin of 0.1 points.