Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 68 | |
| 2010 | 74 | |
| 2011 | 80 | |
| 2012 | 86 | |
| 2013 | 92 | |
| 2014 | 94 | |
| 2015 | 92 | |
| 2016 | 86 | |
| 2017 | 80 | |
| 2018 | 76 | |
| 2019 | 72 |
Data sources
- BoxRec
- The Ring
- IBHOF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Sergey Kovalev ranks #30 in Boxing
Sergey Kovalev ranks 30th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 366th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 94, Longevity 80, Honours 84, Statistics 92. 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 2009–2019 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2014, 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 world titles won 3, title defences 9, professional wins 34, knockouts 29.
Immediately ahead sits Carl Froch on 87.0, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Nonpareil Jack Dempsey on 86.8. 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.
Sergey Kovalev GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Kovalev stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2014. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 10 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Kovalev comparisons
Sergey Kovalev — frequently asked
- Is Sergey Kovalev the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Sergey Kovalev ranks 30th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 86.9, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Sergey Kovalev's GOAT Score?
- 86.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Sergey Kovalev rank all time?
- 366th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 30th within Boxing.
- Sergey Kovalev vs Carl Froch: who ranks higher?
- Carl Froch, on 87.0 against Sergey Kovalev's 86.9 — a margin of 0.1 points.