Category profile
- Dominance
- 92
- Peak
- 98
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 92
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 45 | |
| 1990 | 51 | |
| 1991 | 57 | |
| 1992 | 63 | |
| 1993 | 69 | |
| 1994 | 75 | |
| 1995 | 81 | |
| 1996 | 87 | |
| 1997 | 93 | |
| 1998 | 99 | |
| 1999 | 95 | |
| 2000 | 91 | |
| 2001 | 87 | |
| 2002 | 83 | |
| 2003 | 79 | |
| 2004 | 75 | |
| 2005 | 71 | |
| 2006 | 67 | |
| 2007 | 63 | |
| 2008 | 60 | |
| 2009 | 56 | |
| 2010 | 52 | |
| 2011 | 48 | |
| 2012 | 44 | |
| 2013 | 40 | |
| 2014 | 36 | |
| 2015 | 32 | |
| 2016 | 28 | |
| 2017 | 24 | |
| 2018 | 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 Roy Jones Jr. ranks #5 in Boxing
Roy Jones Jr. ranks 5th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 103rd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 92.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 92, Peak 98, Longevity 86, Honours 92, Statistics 92. 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 1989–2018 with 30 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1998, which sets the Peak component at 98. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 98 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world titles in weight classes 4, professional wins 66, knockouts 47, heavyweight titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Wladimir Klitschko on 93.1, a gap of 1.1 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.
Roy Jones Jr. GOAT Score explained
- Dominance92/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Jones Jr. stood above the field while competing. Scored 92/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak98/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1998. Scored 98/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 29 years of competition and 30 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours92/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 92/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Jones Jr. comparisons
Roy Jones Jr. — frequently asked
- Is Roy Jones Jr. the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Roy Jones Jr. ranks 5th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 92.0, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Roy Jones Jr.'s GOAT Score?
- 92.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 92 (25%), Peak 98 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 92 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Roy Jones Jr. rank all time?
- 103rd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 5th within Boxing.
- Roy Jones Jr. vs Wladimir Klitschko: who ranks higher?
- Wladimir Klitschko, on 93.1 against Roy Jones Jr.'s 92.0 — a margin of 1.1 points.