World titles
5
Olympic golds
1
Career wins
36
Knockouts
25
Weight divisions
5
Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year
3
Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 93
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Form index per season
Editorial season form index (0–100), not raw goals or points. Raw season-by-season statistics are shown only where fully verified.
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 5 | |
| 1978 | 9 | |
| 1979 | 8 | |
| 1980 | 4 | |
| 1981 | 3 | |
| 1982 | 1 | |
| 1983 | 1 | |
| 1984 | 1 | |
| 1985 | 1 | |
| 1986 | 2 | |
| 1987 | 1 | |
| 1988 | 1 |
Data sources
- BoxRec
- The Ring
- Olympedia
Last verified: 2026-09-14
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Sugar Ray Leonard ranks #45 in Boxing
Sugar Ray Leonard ranks #45 in Boxing and #490 of 5087 across all sports. The verified GOAT Score is 88.2/100.
The verified career covers 1977–1997 and 12 documented seasons. Peak is 93/100, with Peak the strongest category at 93/100 (20% weight). Key metrics: World titles 5, Olympic golds 1, Career wins 36, Knockouts 25.
Nearest context: ahead Harold Johnson (88.4); behind Bernard Hopkins (88.2). Rankings update whenever verified records change.
Sugar Ray Leonard GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Dominance: 88/100, based on the verified career record.
- Peak93/100 · weight 20%
- Peak: 93/100, based on the verified career record.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Longevity: 84/100, based on the verified career record.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Honours: 88/100, based on the verified career record.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Statistics: 88/100, based on the verified career record.
Top Leonard comparisons
Sugar Ray Leonard — frequently asked
- Is Sugar Ray Leonard the GOAT?
- According to GOAT Rank's current data model, Sugar Ray Leonard ranks #45 in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 88.2/100, behind Sugar Ray Robinson (94.3).
- What is Sugar Ray Leonard's GOAT Score?
- 88.2/100, calculated from the verified career record: Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 93 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%).
- Where does Sugar Ray Leonard rank all time?
- #490 of 5087 eligible athletes across all sports and #45 in Boxing.
- Sugar Ray Leonard vs Harold Johnson: who ranks higher?
- Harold Johnson ranks higher at 88.4 versus Sugar Ray Leonard at 88.2, a margin of 0.2 points.