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Schmeling vs Benítez

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SchmelingWinner
86.3

Schmeling wins: Longevity

Benítez
86.3

Benítez wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇩🇪 Max Schmeling
86.3

Schmeling leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. World heavyweight champion 1930-32 and the first man to beat Joe Louis.

1. Max Schmeling
86.3
2. Wilfredo Benítez
86.3

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. 🇩🇪 Max Schmeling5 years played · career day 1,82635 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇵🇷 Wilfredo Benítez5 years played · career day 1,82535 title wins
0.0% vs Schmeling at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇩🇪 Schmeling008173047
🇵🇷 Benítez008173548

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.

MetricSchmelingRetiredBenítezRetired
World heavyweight titles1
Professional wins5653
Knockouts40
Professional bouts7062
European titles2
World titles in divisions3
Youngest world champion age17
Career knockouts31
Dominance w25%8486
Peak w20%9294
Longevity w20%8678
Honours w20%8486
Statistics w15%8688

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GOAT Rank · the data
Schmeling86.3
Benítez86.3
The people
Schmeling
Benítez

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