Indeed, Goku has been beaten countless times, and it's usually actually a tradition to have him lose against an arc villain before training and getting powerful enough to defeat our villain once and for all.
His first notable loss is to Master Roshi under the guise of Jackie Chun. His second loss is to Tao Pai Pai, only saved by the Dragonball in his shirt that stopped the Dodon Ray from killing him. Loss number three is to Tien at the World Tournament. His third loss was to King Piccolo.
80 fights total; 70-10 record.
Beerus. The God of Destruction is definitely one of the strongest anime characters of all time, and we haven't even seen him fight Goku seriously, let alone use his full power against him. Not even Goku's Super Saiyan God transformation was enough to make Beerus break a sweat.
Appearances. Beerus awakens from a 39-year sleep and goes in search of a Super Saiyan God whom he saw in his dream, his search bringing him to Goku whom he easily defeats despite his opponent being in Super Saiyan 3 form.
Unlike nearly every character, Jiren is the only antagonist who isn't a villain. He is currently the strongest being Goku's ever fought, as seen in Dragon Ball Super's Tournament of Power. Jiren's existence was a rumor in other universes; he's considered the only mortal that a God of Destruction cannot defeat.
Super Saiyan 3 Goku at full power has a battle power of 24,000,000,000, 2 billion above Kid Buu's level.
1 Goku Vs. Gas
Even when they worked together, Gas was still too much for them, and it took Frieza and his new Black Frieza form for him to finally go down. All in all, it's hard to see Gas as anything other than Goku's hardest fight in Dragon Ball up to this point.
As Goku and Beerus' rematch came to its conclusion, Beerus struck Goku down and sent him falling back to Earth before hurling a Sphere of Destruction at him, so big that it would not only destroy Goku but the rest of the planet as well.
By using his Ultra Instinct -Sign- form, Goku achieved True Ultra Instinct, which affords him the benefits of Ultra Instinct along with the willpower gained through his Saiyan emotions and is Goku's strongest form to date.
Canonically, Goku has officially died two times in the saga, both occurring during intense fighting scenes. The first instance where the audience is met with this heartbreaking outcome occurs during the second major saga in the series — the Saiyan Saga.
The mere comparison of strength between the two characters is crazy. Goku is an extraterrestrial being who has to lose a fight in order to get stronger. Saitama is a man that can defeat any foe with a single punch. If the two of them were to face off in a one-on-one battle, Saitama would easily win.
Goku. Goku is the main protagonist of the Dragon Ball franchise. His abilities include super strength, utilization of ki, teleportation, super speed, and durability. However, he is the strongest anime character because he overcomes adversity and thrives on improvement.
Through intense training, a human can, in theory, achieve Ultra Instinct form, managing to surpass Goku's Super Saiyan God form and gain power on par with the Gods of Destruction themselves.
Goku: 76, even though you might think his IQ could be even lower sometimes, he often proves he can do some smart things too, especially while fighting and especially during DBZ.
Goku taps into the Full Power of a Super Saiyan while fighting Cell. He is able to put up a good fight but he still isn't strong enough to defeat Perfect Cell who was holding a great deal of his power back at the time.
Goku's speed isn't infinite, yes he has a infinite potential but he has to constantly train to get stronger which means he isn't infinite in speed.
1) Goku's fear of needles
His constant screaming and flailing required more than half a dozen people to hold him down. Eventually, Chi Chi comes in and, through her prodding at Goku's expense, reveals the Earth's hero is indeed afraid of needles.
Starting off the list as Goku's weakest form is the original Dragon Ball transformation, the base Super Saiyan form. While still useful and powerful, even the mastered Super Saiyan form is the weakest of all the branch's transformations.
Although the crusade was a great naval success and Smyrna was taken, Zeno was killed by Umur Bey's forces in an ambush while he and the other crusader leaders, including Henry of Asti, were attempting to celebrate a mass in a church in the no-man's-land between the battle lines.
In the early days of Dragon Ball, there existed a being strong enough to beat the God of Destruction Lord Beerus, but Goku accidentally killed him.
Odin dominates Goku in intelligence and battle strategy. If there's anyone who can think their way around Goku's massive advantages, it's Odin. Goku beats Odin in physical capabilities, but Odin might just be too smart for him.