Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 72
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 50 | |
| 1974 | 58 | |
| 1975 | 66 | |
| 1976 | 74 | |
| 1977 | 82 | |
| 1978 | 90 | |
| 1979 | 98 | |
| 1980 | 91 | |
| 1981 | 84 | |
| 1982 | 77 | |
| 1983 | 70 | |
| 1984 | 63 | |
| 1985 | 55 | |
| 1986 | 48 | |
| 1987 | 41 | |
| 1988 | 34 | |
| 1989 | 27 | |
| 1990 | 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 Wilfred Benítez ranks #126 in Boxing
Wilfred Benítez ranks 126th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 952nd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 96, Longevity 72, Honours 86, Statistics 86. 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 1973–1990 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1979, 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 3, age at first world title 17, professional wins 53, knockouts 31.
Immediately ahead sits Jeff Fenech on 85.2, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Ann Wolfe on 85.1. 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.
Wilfred Benítez GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Benítez stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1979. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity72/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 72/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Benítez comparisons
Wilfred Benítez — frequently asked
- Is Wilfred Benítez the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Wilfred Benítez ranks 126th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 85.2, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Wilfred Benítez's GOAT Score?
- 85.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 72 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Wilfred Benítez rank all time?
- 952nd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 126th within Boxing.
- Wilfred Benítez vs Jeff Fenech: who ranks higher?
- Wilfred Benítez, on 85.2 against Jeff Fenech's 85.2 — a margin of 0.0 points.