Category profile
- Dominance
- 92
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 94
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Form index per season
| 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
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 4th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 56th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 93.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 92, Peak 96, Longevity 90, Honours 94, 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 1996–2017 with 22 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2009, 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 title fights 29, title defences 23, professional wins 64, knockouts 53.
Immediately ahead sits Floyd Mayweather on 94.0, a gap of 0.9 points. Directly behind is Roy Jones Jr. on 92.0. 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.
Wladimir Klitschko GOAT Score explained
- Dominance92/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far W. Klitschko stood above the field while competing. Scored 92/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2009. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 22 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours94/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 94/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top W. Klitschko comparisons
Wladimir Klitschko — frequently asked
- Is Wladimir Klitschko the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Wladimir Klitschko ranks 4th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 93.1, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Wladimir Klitschko's GOAT Score?
- 93.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 92 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 94 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Wladimir Klitschko rank all time?
- 56th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 4th within Boxing.
- Wladimir Klitschko vs Floyd Mayweather: who ranks higher?
- Floyd Mayweather, on 94.0 against Wladimir Klitschko's 93.1 — a margin of 0.9 points.