Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 5 | |
| 1991 | 6 | |
| 1992 | 5 | |
| 1993 | 4 | |
| 1994 | 4 | |
| 1995 | 3 | |
| 1996 | 3 | |
| 1997 | 3 | |
| 1998 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 1 |
Data sources
- BoxRec
- IBHOF
- The Ring
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Winky Wright ranks #72 in Boxing
Winky Wright ranks 72nd among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 653rd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 92, Longevity 84, Honours 80, Statistics 88. 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 1990–2012 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1991, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes undisputed titles 1, world titles 3, professional wins 51, career knockouts 25.
Immediately ahead sits Gene Tunney on 84.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Joe Frazier on 84.3. 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.
Winky Wright GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Wright stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1991. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 22 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Wright comparisons
Winky Wright — frequently asked
- Is Winky Wright the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Winky Wright ranks 72nd in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 84.4, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Winky Wright's GOAT Score?
- 84.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Winky Wright rank all time?
- 653rd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 72nd within Boxing.
- Winky Wright vs Gene Tunney: who ranks higher?
- Winky Wright, on 84.4 against Gene Tunney's 84.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.