Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 11 | |
| 1949 | 13 | |
| 1950 | 6 | |
| 1951 | 6 | |
| 1952 | 4 | |
| 1953 | 3 | |
| 1954 | 2 | |
| 1955 | 2 | |
| 1956 | 2 |
Data sources
- BoxRec
- The Ring
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Rocky Marciano ranks #36 in Boxing
Rocky Marciano ranks 36th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 422nd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 92, Longevity 74, 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 1947–1956 with 9 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1949, 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 1, career wins 49, knockouts 43, title defences 6.
Immediately ahead sits Nicola Adams on 85.7, a gap of -0.6 points. Directly behind is Erik Morales on 83.8. 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.
Rocky Marciano GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Marciano 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 1949. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 9 years of competition and 9 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- 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 Marciano comparisons
Rocky Marciano — frequently asked
- Is Rocky Marciano the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Rocky Marciano ranks 36th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 86.3, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Rocky Marciano's GOAT Score?
- 86.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Rocky Marciano rank all time?
- 422nd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 36th within Boxing.
- Rocky Marciano vs Nicola Adams: who ranks higher?
- Rocky Marciano, on 86.3 against Nicola Adams's 85.7 — a margin of 0.6 points.