Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 5 | |
| 1998 | 8 | |
| 1999 | 7 | |
| 2000 | 5 | |
| 2001 | 4 | |
| 2002 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 3 | |
| 2004 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 1 |
Data sources
- BoxRec
- The Ring
- IBHOF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ricky Hatton ranks #90 in Boxing
Ricky Hatton ranks 90th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 801st of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 92, Longevity 78, Honours 80, Statistics 86. 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 1997–2012 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1998, 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 45, knockouts 32, professional bouts 48.
Immediately ahead sits Delfine Persoon on 83.0, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Chris Eubank on 82.9. 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.
Ricky Hatton GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Hatton stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1998. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Hatton comparisons
Ricky Hatton — frequently asked
- Is Ricky Hatton the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ricky Hatton ranks 90th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 82.9, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Ricky Hatton's GOAT Score?
- 82.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ricky Hatton rank all time?
- 801st of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 90th within Boxing.
- Ricky Hatton vs Delfine Persoon: who ranks higher?
- Delfine Persoon, on 83.0 against Ricky Hatton's 82.9 — a margin of 0.1 points.