Who is better, Inoue or Marciano?
Naoya Inoue leads with a GOAT score of 86.3 against 86.3 for Rocky Marciano — a gap of 0.0 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
AthletesTeams
Inoue vs Marciano
Shareable comparison — send this exact matchup to anyone.
Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently scores Naoya Inoue and Rocky Marciano level at 86.3. Naoya Inoue leads on Dominance, Peak, Statistics. Rocky Marciano leads on Longevity, Honours.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
InoueWinner
86.3Inoue wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics
Marciano
86.3Marciano wins: Longevity, Honours
Candidates
Locked to BoxingShareable URL · /compare/naoya-inoue-vs-rocky-marciano
Time range
Showing full careers. Pick a window to recalculate the selected period.
Category radar
Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇯🇵 Naoya Inoue
86.3
Inoue leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Naoya Inoue
2. Rocky Marciano
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 season1. 🇺🇸 Rocky Marciano5 years played · career day 2,19140 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇯🇵 Naoya Inoue5 years played · career day 1,82615 title wins
-62.5% vs Marciano at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇯🇵 Inoue | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 24 |
| 🇺🇸 Marciano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 36 | 47 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 year periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | InoueActive | MarcianoRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Professional wins | 31 | — |
| Career losses | 0 | — |
| Wins by knockout | 27 | — |
| World titles in weight classes | 4 | — |
| Undisputed titles | 2 | — |
| World titles | — | 1 |
| Career wins | — | 49 |
| Career defeats | — | 0 |
| Knockouts | — | 43 |
| Title defences | — | 6 |
| Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year | — | 2 |
| Dominance w25% | 90 | 88 |
| Peak w20% | 94 | 92 |
| Longevity w20% | 70 | 74 |
| Honours w20% | 86 | 88 |
| Statistics w15% | 92 | 90 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Inoue86.3
Marciano86.3
FAQ
Where does Marciano beat Inoue?
Marciano scores higher on honours, longevity. Inoue leads on peak, dominance, statistics.
How is the Inoue vs Marciano score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Inoue: 86.3, Marciano: 86.3.
What do you think?
0 commentsMake your case for Inoue vs Marciano. The scoring is published in full — if you can point at the pillar or the weight you disagree with, we read it. Read the methodology paper.