Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 92
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 45 | |
| 1978 | 52 | |
| 1979 | 58 | |
| 1980 | 65 | |
| 1981 | 72 | |
| 1982 | 78 | |
| 1983 | 85 | |
| 1984 | 91 | |
| 1985 | 98 | |
| 1986 | 94 | |
| 1987 | 91 | |
| 1988 | 87 | |
| 1989 | 83 | |
| 1990 | 79 | |
| 1991 | 76 | |
| 1992 | 72 | |
| 1993 | 68 | |
| 1994 | 65 | |
| 1995 | 61 | |
| 1996 | 57 | |
| 1997 | 53 | |
| 1998 | 50 | |
| 1999 | 46 | |
| 2000 | 42 | |
| 2001 | 39 | |
| 2002 | 35 | |
| 2003 | 31 | |
| 2004 | 27 | |
| 2005 | 24 | |
| 2006 | 20 |
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 Thomas Hearns ranks #7 in Boxing
Thomas Hearns ranks 7th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 124th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 91.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 96, Longevity 86, Honours 92, Statistics 94. 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 1977–2006 with 30 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1985, 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 in weight classes 5, professional wins 61, knockouts 48, world title fights 25.
Immediately ahead sits Joe Louis on 91.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Harry Greb on 91.4. 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.
Thomas Hearns GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Hearns stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1985. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 29 years of competition and 30 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours92/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 92/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Hearns comparisons
Thomas Hearns — frequently asked
- Is Thomas Hearns the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Thomas Hearns ranks 7th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 91.4, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Thomas Hearns's GOAT Score?
- 91.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 92 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Thomas Hearns rank all time?
- 124th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 7th within Boxing.
- Thomas Hearns vs Joe Louis: who ranks higher?
- Thomas Hearns, on 91.4 against Joe Louis's 91.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.