Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 45 | |
| 1997 | 49 | |
| 1998 | 54 | |
| 1999 | 58 | |
| 2000 | 62 | |
| 2001 | 67 | |
| 2002 | 71 | |
| 2003 | 75 | |
| 2004 | 80 | |
| 2005 | 84 | |
| 2006 | 88 | |
| 2007 | 93 | |
| 2008 | 97 | |
| 2009 | 80 | |
| 2010 | 64 | |
| 2011 | 47 | |
| 2012 | 30 |
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 Vitali Klitschko ranks #36 in Boxing
Vitali Klitschko ranks 36th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 357th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 94, Longevity 82, Honours 88, 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 1996–2012 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2008, 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 professional wins 45, knockouts 41, title defences 11, world title reigns 2.
Immediately ahead sits Archie Moore on 88.9, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Henry Armstrong on 88.8. 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.
Vitali Klitschko GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far V. Klitschko stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2008. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top V. Klitschko comparisons
Vitali Klitschko — frequently asked
- Is Vitali Klitschko the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Vitali Klitschko ranks 36th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 88.9, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Vitali Klitschko's GOAT Score?
- 88.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Vitali Klitschko rank all time?
- 357th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 36th within Boxing.
- Vitali Klitschko vs Archie Moore: who ranks higher?
- Vitali Klitschko, on 88.9 against Archie Moore's 88.9 — a margin of 0.0 points.