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Johnson vs Hopkins

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JohnsonWinner
88.4

Johnson wins: Peak, Statistics

Hopkins
88.2

Hopkins wins: Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Harold Johnson
88.4

Johnson leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. World light heavyweight champion with 76 career wins.

1. Harold Johnson
88.4
2. Bernard Hopkins
88.2

Category breakdown

Season form · Form index per season

Career timeline · Form index per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through year 5 · Form index per season
1. 🇺🇸 Harold Johnson5 years played · career day 1,825262 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Bernard Hopkins5 years played · career day 3,65217 title wins
-93.5% vs Johnson at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Johnson004594262537
🇺🇸 Hopkins0000014

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 years are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.

MetricJohnsonRetiredHopkinsRetired
World titles14
Career wins7655
Knockouts3232
Title defences320
Career bouts87
Undisputed reigns1
Oldest world champion (age)49
Dominance w25%8484
Peak w20%9288
Longevity w20%9296
Honours w20%8486
Statistics w15%9288

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Johnson88.4
Hopkins88.2
The people
Johnson
Hopkins

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