- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1960–1981
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 98.0
- Dominance
- 96.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 95.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
GOAT Rank · 38
Greatest Boxing Heavyweight of all time
This ranking uses verified career records and GOAT Rank's published model. Every listed athlete clears the data eligibility threshold.
#AthleteGOAT Score
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1996–2017
- Country
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 92.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 94.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- 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
- 1973–2002
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- 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
- 1996–2012
- Country
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- 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
- 1896–1910
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1989–2003
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- 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
- 1924–1948
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- 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
- 1967–1997
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1882–1899
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1952–1963
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 72.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1915–1928
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1964–1981
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1914–1927
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1885–1903
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 2008–active
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1888–1904
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1929–1941
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1989–2008
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 68.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1985–2005
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 72.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 2002–2018
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1967–1981
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1993–2009
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1993–2009
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1926–1938
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1953–1970
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1969–1995
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 68.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 2014–2020
- Country
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 70.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 2008–active
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 2013–active
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 72.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1992–2016
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 70.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1971–1995
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 68.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1996–2010
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 72.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1981–1999
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 70.0
- Longevity
- 72.0
| # | Athlete | Sport | Country | Career | GOAT Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Muhammad Ali | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1960–1981 | 94.1 |
| 4 | Wladimir Klitschko | Boxing | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 1996–2017 | 93.1 |
| 6 | Joe Louis | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1934–1951 | 91.4 |
| 9 | Larry Holmes | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1973–2002 | 91.4 |
| 24 | Ezzard Charles | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1940–1959 | 89.8 |
| 36 | Vitali Klitschko | Boxing | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 1996–2012 | 88.9 |
| 40 | Jack Johnson | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1898–1938 | 88.4 |
| 51 | James J. Jeffries | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1896–1910 | 87.9 |
| 79 | Lennox Lewis | Boxing | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1989–2003 | 86.4 |
| 86 | Rocky Marciano | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1947–1956 | 86.3 |
| 88 | Max Schmeling | Boxing | 🇩🇪 Germany | 1924–1948 | 86.3 |
| 103 | Jersey Joe Walcott | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1930–1953 | 85.9 |
| 107 | George Foreman | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1967–1997 | 85.8 |
| 113 | Peter Jackson | Boxing | 🇦🇺 Australia | 1882–1899 | 85.5 |
| 142 | Ingemar Johansson | Boxing | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1952–1963 | 84.5 |
| 144 | Gene Tunney | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1915–1928 | 84.4 |
| 146 | Joe Frazier | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1964–1981 | 84.3 |
| 147 | Jack Dempsey | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1914–1927 | 84.3 |
| 157 | James J. Corbett | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1885–1903 | 83.8 |
| 159 | Deontay Wilder | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 2008–— | 83.7 |
| 160 | Joe Choynski | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1888–1904 | 83.7 |
| 163 | Max Baer | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1929–1941 | 83.6 |
| 169 | Riddick Bowe | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1989–2008 | 83.4 |
| 173 | Mike Tyson | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1985–2005 | 83 |
| 180 | David Haye | Boxing | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 2002–2018 | 82.8 |
| 189 | Ken Norton | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1967–1981 | 82.2 |
| 196 | Nikolai Valuev | Boxing | 🇷🇺 Russia | 1993–2009 | 81.8 |
| 197 | Chris Byrd | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1993–2009 | 81.8 |
| 202 | James J. Braddock | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1926–1938 | 81.4 |
| 203 | Sonny Liston | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1953–1970 | 81.1 |
| 211 | Earnie Shavers | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1969–1995 | 80.6 |
| 212 | Alejandra Jiménez | Boxing | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 2014–2020 | 80.6 |
| 215 | Tyson Fury | Boxing | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 2008–— | 80.3 |
| 219 | Anthony Joshua | Boxing | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 2013–— | 79.7 |
| 222 | Shannon Briggs | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1992–2016 | 79.1 |
| 223 | Ron Lyle | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1971–1995 | 79 |
| 226 | Lamon Brewster | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1996–2010 | 78.5 |
| 229 | Buster Douglas | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1981–1999 | 76 |
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