Category profile
- Dominance
- 95
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 94
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1943 | 14 | |
| 1944 | 11 | |
| 1945 | 9 | |
| 1946 | 15 | |
| 1947 | 13 | |
| 1948 | 12 | |
| 1949 | 10 | |
| 1950 | 8 | |
| 1951 | 9 | |
| 1952 | 7 | |
| 1953 | 6 | |
| 1954 | 5 | |
| 1955 | 4 | |
| 1956 | 3 | |
| 1957 | 2 | |
| 1958 | 1 |
Data sources
- BoxRec
- The Ring
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Sugar Ray Robinson ranks #1 in Boxing
Sugar Ray Robinson ranks 1st among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 19th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 94.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 95, Peak 96, Longevity 92, Honours 94, Statistics 94. 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 1940–1965 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1946, 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 6, career wins 174, knockouts 109, unbeaten run 91.
No Boxing athlete in the eligible cohort scores higher, which makes Sugar Ray Robinson the data-led Boxing GOAT on the current record. Directly behind is Floyd Mayweather on 94.0. 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.
Sugar Ray Robinson GOAT Score explained
- Dominance95/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Robinson stood above the field while competing. Scored 95/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1946. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 25 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours94/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 94/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Robinson comparisons
Sugar Ray Robinson — frequently asked
- Is Sugar Ray Robinson the GOAT?
- On GOAT Rank's verified data, yes for Boxing: Sugar Ray Robinson holds the highest Boxing GOAT Score at 94.3, and ranks 19th of 1063 across all sports.
- What is Sugar Ray Robinson's GOAT Score?
- 94.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 95 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 94 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Sugar Ray Robinson rank all time?
- 19th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 1st within Boxing.
- Sugar Ray Robinson vs Floyd Mayweather: who ranks higher?
- Sugar Ray Robinson, on 94.3 against Floyd Mayweather's 94.0 — a margin of 0.3 points.