World title fights
29
Title defences
23
Professional wins
64
Knockouts
53
Olympic gold medals
1
Category profile
- Dominance
- 92
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 94
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Form index per season
Editorial season form index (0–100), not raw goals or points. Raw season-by-season statistics are shown only where fully verified.
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 45 | |
| 1997 | 49 | |
| 1998 | 53 | |
| 1999 | 57 | |
| 2000 | 61 | |
| 2001 | 65 | |
| 2002 | 69 | |
| 2003 | 74 | |
| 2004 | 78 | |
| 2005 | 82 | |
| 2006 | 86 | |
| 2007 | 90 | |
| 2008 | 94 | |
| 2009 | 98 | |
| 2010 | 90 | |
| 2011 | 81 | |
| 2012 | 73 | |
| 2013 | 64 | |
| 2014 | 56 | |
| 2015 | 47 | |
| 2016 | 39 | |
| 2017 | 30 |
Data sources
- International Boxing Hall of Fame
- BoxRec records
- World sanctioning body archives
Last verified: 2026-09-14
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Wladimir Klitschko ranks #4 in Boxing
Wladimir Klitschko ranks #4 in Boxing and #69 of 5087 across all sports. The verified GOAT Score is 93.1/100.
The verified career covers 1996–2017 and 22 documented seasons. Peak is 96/100, with Peak the strongest category at 96/100 (20% weight). Key metrics: World title fights 29, Title defences 23, Professional wins 64, Knockouts 53.
Nearest context: ahead Floyd Mayweather (94.0); behind Roy Jones Jr. (92.0). Rankings update whenever verified records change.
Wladimir Klitschko GOAT Score explained
- Dominance92/100 · weight 25%
- Dominance: 92/100, based on the verified career record.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Peak: 96/100, based on the verified career record.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Longevity: 90/100, based on the verified career record.
- Honours94/100 · weight 20%
- Honours: 94/100, based on the verified career record.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Statistics: 94/100, based on the verified career record.
Top W. Klitschko comparisons
Wladimir Klitschko — frequently asked
- Is Wladimir Klitschko the GOAT?
- According to GOAT Rank's current data model, Wladimir Klitschko ranks #4 in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 93.1/100, behind Sugar Ray Robinson (94.3).
- What is Wladimir Klitschko's GOAT Score?
- 93.1/100, calculated from the verified career record: Dominance 92 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 94 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%).
- Where does Wladimir Klitschko rank all time?
- #69 of 5087 eligible athletes across all sports and #4 in Boxing.
- Wladimir Klitschko vs Floyd Mayweather: who ranks higher?
- Floyd Mayweather ranks higher at 94.0 versus Wladimir Klitschko at 93.1, a margin of 0.9 points.