Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 62
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1903 | 45 | |
| 1904 | 58 | |
| 1905 | 72 | |
| 1906 | 85 | |
| 1907 | 98 | |
| 1908 | 79 | |
| 1909 | 59 | |
| 1910 | 40 |
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 Stanley Ketchel ranks #166 in Boxing
Stanley Ketchel ranks 166th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 1229th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 96, Longevity 62, Honours 82, Statistics 90. 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 1903–1910 with 8 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1907, which sets the Peak component at 96. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world titles 1, professional wins 52, knockouts 49, professional bouts 64.
Immediately ahead sits Félix Trinidad on 83.5, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Arthur Chambers on 83.5. 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.
Stanley Ketchel GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ketchel stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1907. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity62/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 7 years of competition and 8 recorded seasons. Scored 62/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Ketchel comparisons
Stanley Ketchel — frequently asked
- Is Stanley Ketchel the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Stanley Ketchel ranks 166th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 83.5, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Stanley Ketchel's GOAT Score?
- 83.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 62 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Stanley Ketchel rank all time?
- 1229th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 166th within Boxing.
- Stanley Ketchel vs Félix Trinidad: who ranks higher?
- Stanley Ketchel, on 83.5 against Félix Trinidad's 83.5 — a margin of 0.0 points.