H&G All-Time Index public fighter card
Evander Holyfield
Heavyweight · United States
Evander Holyfield ranks #11 in the H&G All-Time Index at Heavyweight, with a 94.85 All-Time Index score and a 44-10-2 professional record. His best wins on record include Riddick Bowe, Mike Tyson and Larry Holmes. His career span on this page is 1984-2011.
- All-time rank
- #11All-Time Elite
- H&G All-Time Index
- 94.850-100 ranking index. This is the number that orders the list.
- Career record
- 44-10-2Professional wins, losses and draws.
- Active years
- 1984-2011
- Data Confidence
- HighDeep career evidence and a tighter peak-rating band in this release. Close ranks still need boxing judgement.
Career story
How Evander Holyfield's rating rose and fell year by year, with his peak marked.
Yearly peak-form Elo rating points. This curve is separate from the 0-100 ranking index.
Signature wins
- Riddick Bowe - 1993 - signature win
- Mike Tyson - 1997 - signature win
- Larry Holmes - 1992 - signature win
- George Foreman - 1991 - signature win
- Brian Nielsen - 2011 - signature win
Show the year-by-year numbers
| Year | Peak-form Elo rating |
|---|---|
| 1984 | 1,931 |
| 1985 | 1,982 |
| 1986 | 2,020 |
| 1987 | 2,048 |
| 1988 | 2,067 |
| 1989 | 2,078 |
| 1990 | 2,081 |
| 1991 | 2,080 |
| 1992 | 2,064 |
| 1993 | 2,052 |
| 1994 | 2,036 |
| 1995 | 2,032 |
| 1996 | 2,030 |
| 1997 | 2,022 |
| 1998 | 1,987 |
| 1999 | 1,972 |
| 2000 | 1,927 |
| 2001 | 1,906 |
| 2002 | 1,881 |
| 2003 | 1,851 |
| 2004 | 1,848 |
| 2006 | 1,877 |
| 2007 | 1,878 |
| 2008 | 1,875 |
| 2010 | 1,894 |
| 2011 | 1,903 |
Why this ranking
Evander Holyfield ranks #11 with a 94.85 score on the 60-100 H&G All-Time Index. His standout win in our data is over Riddick Bowe in 1993, who reached a 2,142 Peak-form Elo, one of the stronger opponents on his record. In 2 cases a result was later reversed, including Riddick Bowe, whom he beat once but lost to in a later fight. Holding the score back, dominance over contemporaries sits below the field of ranked fighters in this release. Peak-form Elo is 2,081 (±203), separate from the 60-100 career Index.
What lifts or lowers this ranking
Bars show each weighted signal's relative size. Gold lifts the placement; grey holds it back.
How much repeat elite-year presence supports the all-time case.
Collapsed signal from peak rating, sustained rating and same-era separation.
A narrow signal for lineal, explicit undisputed or major multi-belt class control in this release data; it is not a full title history.
How much the record is helped by wins over contemporaneous title-level opponents.
How much major title evidence supports the rating.
Same-era separation left after the shared peak and sustained rating signal is removed.
Compare and explore
Put Evander Holyfield next to any other ranked fighter, or open the tools built on the same rating data.
Top fights
The highest-ranked fighters Evander Holyfield actually faced, biggest names first. Each one opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Lennox Lewis#15 · Index 94 · 1999
- Larry Holmes#22 · Index 92 · 1992
- Mike Tyson#35 · Index 91 · 1996, 1997
- George Foreman#50 · Index 89 · 1991
- Riddick Bowe#51 · Index 88 · 1992, 1993, 1995
- James Toney#99 · Index 84 · 2003
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- Michael Moorer#107 · Index 83 · 1994, 1997
- Carlos De Leon#177 · Index 81 · 1988
- Chris Byrd#274 · Index 78 · 2002
- Nikolai Valuev#288 · Index 78 · 2008
- Buster Douglas#317 · Index 78 · 1990
- Bobby Czyz#399 · Index 76 · 1996
Ranked-vs-ranked bouts from the pinned fight archive, ordered by opponent ranking. An objective record of who they shared a ring with.
Great rivals he never fought
Ranked fighters who shared a recognised division and whose competitive careers overlapped, with no bout between them on record. Each name opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Roy Jones Jr#8 · Cruiserweight · 23 overlapping years (1989-2011)
- Wladimir Klitschko#13 · Heavyweight · 16 overlapping years (1996-2011)
- Vitali Klitschko#32 · Heavyweight · 16 overlapping years (1996-2011)
- Dariusz Michalczewski#48 · Cruiserweight · 15 overlapping years (1991-2005)
- Thomas Hearns#86 · Cruiserweight · 23 overlapping years (1984-2006)
- Chris Eubank#111 · Cruiserweight · 14 overlapping years (1985-1998)
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- Johnny Nelson#127 · Cruiserweight / Heavyweight · 20 overlapping years (1986-2005)
- Juan Carlos Gomez#155 · Cruiserweight / Heavyweight · 17 overlapping years (1995-2011)
- Zsolt Erdei#161 · Cruiserweight · 12 overlapping years (2000-2011)
- Virgil Hill#216 · Cruiserweight · 24 overlapping years (1984-2007)
- Krzysztof Włodarczyk#226 · Cruiserweight · 12 overlapping years (2000-2011)
- Tomasz Adamek#238 · Cruiserweight / Heavyweight · 13 overlapping years (1999-2011)
Shared recognised division, overlapping competitive years, no recorded bout between them. A measured pattern only.
Linked style profile
8-axis style breakdown
Evander Holyfield also has a reviewed style profile with radar scores, study notes and diagnostic comparisons.
About this rating
Rankings: H&G All-Time Index v2.0.0. Reflects fights up to , the most recent on record. The ratings are fixed to that point, so fights after it are not yet included.
The rating itself is built from the 55 bouts we hold full data for from 1984 to 2011, which is why this count differs from the professional record above.
For the data-minded
Peak-form Elo rating: 2,081 (peak dated 1990-10-01). This best-point rating sits on its own scale and is not directly comparable with the 0-100 index.
The peak estimate carries an uncertainty band of about ±203 Elo, so read close comparisons with care.