- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1940–1965
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 95.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 94.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
GOAT Rank · 122
Greatest Boxers from United States
This ranking is led by Sugar Ray Robinson, Muhammad Ali and Floyd Mayweather. GOAT Rank currently ranks 122 eligible boxers from United States using verified career records across dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.
Quick answer
According to GOAT Rank's current model, Sugar Ray Robinson ranks #1 on this list with a GOAT Score of 94.3.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →#AthleteGOAT Score
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1960–1981
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 98.0
- Dominance
- 96.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 95.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1996–2017
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 94.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 94.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1989–2018
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 98.0
- Dominance
- 92.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1934–1951
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 93.0
- Dominance
- 92.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1977–2006
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1913–1926
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 92.0
- Statistics
- 96.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1973–2002
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1891–1909
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 92.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1996–2017
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1900–1917
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1940–1966
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 94.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1940–1959
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1958–1977
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1984–2007
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1925–1939
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1935–1963
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 96.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1931–1945
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1984–1999
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1898–1938
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 2004–2017
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1946–1971
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1977–1997
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 93.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1988–2016
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 96.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1961–1978
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1919–1940
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1896–1910
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1891–1899
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1988–2017
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1943–1970
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1984–2011
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1929–1948
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1948–1967
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1946–1960
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1912–1922
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1901–1923
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1940–1955
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1908–1923
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1899–1914
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 2008–active
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1929–1938
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1947–1956
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1941–1955
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1936–1950
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 2013–active
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1951–1963
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1958–1972
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1930–1953
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1866–1891
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1967–1997
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
| # | Athlete | Sport | Country | Career | GOAT Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sugar Ray Robinson | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1940–1965 | 94.3 |
| 2 | Muhammad Ali | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1960–1981 | 94.1 |
| 3 | Floyd Mayweather | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1996–2017 | 94.0 |
| 5 | Roy Jones Jr. | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1989–2018 | 92.0 |
| 6 | Joe Louis | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1934–1951 | 91.4 |
| 7 | Thomas Hearns | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1977–2006 | 91.4 |
| 8 | Harry Greb | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1913–1926 | 91.4 |
| 9 | Larry Holmes | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1973–2002 | 91.4 |
| 10 | Joe Gans | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1891–1909 | 91.2 |
| 11 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1996–2017 | 90.7 |
| 17 | Abe Attell | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1900–1917 | 90.3 |
| 23 | Willie Pep | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1940–1966 | 89.8 |
| 24 | Ezzard Charles | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1940–1959 | 89.8 |
| 25 | Emile Griffith | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1958–1977 | 89.7 |
| 31 | Virgil Hill | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1984–2007 | 89.2 |
| 34 | Tony Canzoneri | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1925–1939 | 89.0 |
| 35 | Archie Moore | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1935–1963 | 88.9 |
| 37 | Henry Armstrong | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1931–1945 | 88.8 |
| 39 | Orlando Canizales | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1984–1999 | 88.6 |
| 40 | Jack Johnson | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1898–1938 | 88.4 |
| 41 | Andre Ward | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 2004–2017 | 88.4 |
| 44 | Harold Johnson | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1946–1971 | 88.4 |
| 45 | Sugar Ray Leonard | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1977–1997 | 88.2 |
| 46 | Bernard Hopkins | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1988–2016 | 88.2 |
| 48 | Bob Foster | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1961–1978 | 88.2 |
| 50 | Young Corbett III | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1919–1940 | 88.0 |
| 51 | James J. Jeffries | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1896–1910 | 87.9 |
| 52 | Jimmy Barry | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1891–1899 | 87.9 |
| 53 | James Toney | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1988–2017 | 87.8 |
| 54 | Joe Brown | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1943–1970 | 87.8 |
| 61 | Evander Holyfield | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1984–2011 | 87.6 |
| 64 | Cocoa Kid | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1929–1948 | 87.6 |
| 67 | Joey Giardello | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1948–1967 | 87.1 |
| 71 | Jimmy Carter | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1946–1960 | 86.9 |
| 72 | Pete Herman | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1912–1922 | 86.9 |
| 73 | Jack Blackburn | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1901–1923 | 86.9 |
| 75 | Beau Jack | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1940–1955 | 86.8 |
| 76 | Jack Dillon | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1908–1923 | 86.5 |
| 78 | Dixie Kid | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1899–1914 | 86.5 |
| 80 | Terence Crawford | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 2008–active | 86.4 |
| 83 | Barney Ross | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1929–1938 | 86.4 |
| 86 | Rocky Marciano | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1947–1956 | 86.3 |
| 93 | Billy Graham | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1941–1955 | 86.3 |
| 96 | Charley Burley | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1936–1950 | 86.2 |
| 98 | Gervonta Davis | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 2013–active | 86.1 |
| 99 | Gene Fullmer | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1951–1963 | 86.1 |
| 100 | Curtis Cokes | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1958–1972 | 86.1 |
| 103 | Jersey Joe Walcott | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1930–1953 | 85.9 |
| 106 | Mike Donovan | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1866–1891 | 85.9 |
| 107 | George Foreman | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1967–1997 | 85.8 |
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