Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 68
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 45 | |
| 1990 | 58 | |
| 1991 | 71 | |
| 1992 | 84 | |
| 1993 | 97 | |
| 1994 | 92 | |
| 1995 | 87 | |
| 1996 | 82 | |
| 1997 | 76 | |
| 1998 | 71 | |
| 1999 | 66 | |
| 2000 | 61 | |
| 2001 | 56 | |
| 2002 | 51 | |
| 2003 | 46 | |
| 2004 | 41 | |
| 2005 | 35 | |
| 2006 | 30 | |
| 2007 | 25 | |
| 2008 | 20 |
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 Riddick Bowe ranks #169 in Boxing
Riddick Bowe ranks 169th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 1246th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 94, Longevity 68, Honours 84, 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 1989–2008 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1993, 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 undisputed world titles 1, professional wins 43, knockouts 33, world title reigns 2.
Immediately ahead sits Shane Mosley on 83.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Buddy McGirt on 83.2. 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.
Riddick Bowe GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Bowe stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1993. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity68/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 68/100.
- 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 Bowe comparisons
Riddick Bowe — frequently asked
- Is Riddick Bowe the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Riddick Bowe ranks 169th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 83.4, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Riddick Bowe's GOAT Score?
- 83.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 68 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Riddick Bowe rank all time?
- 1246th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 169th within Boxing.
- Riddick Bowe vs Shane Mosley: who ranks higher?
- Riddick Bowe, on 83.4 against Shane Mosley's 83.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.