Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 94
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 8 | |
| 1973 | 7 | |
| 1974 | 6 | |
| 1975 | 5 | |
| 1976 | 6 | |
| 1977 | 5 | |
| 1978 | 4 | |
| 1979 | 4 | |
| 1980 | 3 | |
| 1981 | 3 | |
| 1982 | 2 | |
| 1983 | 2 | |
| 1984 | 2 | |
| 1985 | 1 | |
| 1986 | 1 | |
| 1987 | 1 |
Data sources
- BoxRec
- The Ring
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Roberto Durán ranks #4 in Boxing
Roberto Durán ranks 4th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 50th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 92, Longevity 94, Honours 88, Statistics 90. 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 1968–2001 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1972, which sets the Peak component at 92. Longevity 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 4, weight divisions 4, career wins 103, knockouts 70.
Immediately ahead sits Muhammad Ali on 94.1, a gap of 3.8 points. Directly behind is Joe Louis on 91.4. 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.
Roberto Durán GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Durán stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1972. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity94/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 33 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 94/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Durán comparisons
Roberto Durán — frequently asked
- Is Roberto Durán the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Roberto Durán ranks 4th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 90.3, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Roberto Durán's GOAT Score?
- 90.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 94 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Roberto Durán rank all time?
- 50th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 4th within Boxing.
- Roberto Durán vs Muhammad Ali: who ranks higher?
- Muhammad Ali, on 94.1 against Roberto Durán's 90.3 — a margin of 3.8 points.