Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 56
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 1 | |
| 1976 | 2 | |
| 1977 | 2 | |
| 1978 | 3 | |
| 1979 | 3 | |
| 1980 | 4 | |
| 1981 | 3 | |
| 1982 | 2 |
Data sources
- BoxRec
- The Ring
- International Boxing Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Salvador Sánchez ranks #57 in Boxing
Salvador Sánchez ranks 57th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 874th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 78.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 56, Honours 78, Statistics 84. 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 1975–1982 with 8 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1980, 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, title defences 9, professional wins 44, knockouts 32.
Immediately ahead sits Lucia Rijker on 79.1, a gap of 0.3 points. Directly behind is Laila Ali on 73.0. 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.
Salvador Sánchez GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Sánchez stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1980. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity56/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 7 years of competition and 8 recorded seasons. Scored 56/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Sánchez comparisons
Salvador Sánchez — frequently asked
- Is Salvador Sánchez the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Salvador Sánchez ranks 57th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 78.8, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Salvador Sánchez's GOAT Score?
- 78.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 56 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Salvador Sánchez rank all time?
- 874th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 57th within Boxing.
- Salvador Sánchez vs Lucia Rijker: who ranks higher?
- Lucia Rijker, on 79.1 against Salvador Sánchez's 78.8 — a margin of 0.3 points.