H&G All-Time Index public fighter card
Floyd Patterson
Heavyweight · United States
Floyd Patterson ranks #64 in the H&G All-Time Index at Heavyweight, with a 86.46 All-Time Index score and a 55-8-1 professional record. His career span on this page is 1952-1972.
- All-time rank
- #64Notables
- H&G All-Time Index
- 86.460-100 ranking index. This is the number that orders the list.
- Career record
- 55-8-1Professional wins, losses and draws.
- Active years
- 1952-1972
- Data Confidence
- HighDeep career evidence and a tighter peak-rating band in this release. Close ranks still need boxing judgement.
Career story
How Floyd Patterson'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.
Show the year-by-year numbers
| Year | Peak-form Elo rating |
|---|---|
| 1952 | 1,765 |
| 1953 | 1,807 |
| 1954 | 1,840 |
| 1955 | 1,866 |
| 1956 | 1,880 |
| 1957 | 1,877 |
| 1958 | 1,868 |
| 1959 | 1,858 |
| 1960 | 1,859 |
| 1961 | 1,855 |
| 1962 | 1,831 |
| 1963 | 1,827 |
| 1964 | 1,834 |
| 1965 | 1,832 |
| 1966 | 1,815 |
| 1967 | 1,809 |
| 1968 | 1,796 |
| 1970 | 1,828 |
| 1971 | 1,842 |
| 1972 | 1,844 |
Why this ranking
Floyd Patterson ranks #64 with a 86.46 score on the 60-100 H&G All-Time Index. His standout win in our data is over Archie Moore in 1956, who reached a 1,993 Peak-form Elo, one of the stronger opponents on his record. He also fought Alvin Williams 3 times, going 3-0-0 across that series. The strongest model lifts are sustained top-level career signal (well above the typical top-1000 fighter) and major title-control signal (above the typical top-1000 fighter). Peak-form Elo is 1,880 (±196), 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.
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.
Same-era separation left after the shared peak and sustained rating signal is removed.
How much major title evidence supports the rating.
Collapsed signal from peak rating, sustained rating and same-era separation.
Compare and explore
Put Floyd Patterson next to any other ranked fighter, or open the tools built on the same rating data.
Top fights
The highest-ranked fighters Floyd Patterson actually faced, biggest names first. Each one opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Muhammad Ali#9 · Index 96 · 1965, 1972
- Archie Moore#16 · Index 93 · 1956
- Sonny Liston#89 · Index 84 · 1962, 1963
- Ingemar Johansson#427 · Index 76 · 1959, 1960, 1961
- Eddie Machen#428 · Index 76 · 1964
- Oscar Bonavena#623 · Index 74 · 1972
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- Jerry Quarry#631 · Index 74 · 1967
- Joey Maxim#896 · Index 72 · 1954
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.
- Sugar Ray Robinson#6 · Super Middleweight / Light Heavyweight · 14 overlapping years (1952-1965)
- Carlos Monzon#30 · Super Middleweight · 10 overlapping years (1963-1972)
- Ezzard Charles#38 · Super Middleweight / Light Heavyweight / Cruiserweight / Heavyweight · 8 overlapping years (1952-1959)
- Emile Griffith#46 · Super Middleweight · 14 overlapping years (1959-1972)
- Joe Frazier#49 · Cruiserweight / Heavyweight · 8 overlapping years (1965-1972)
- Nino Benvenuti#59 · Super Middleweight · 11 overlapping years (1961-1971)
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- Gene Fullmer#85 · Super Middleweight · 12 overlapping years (1952-1963)
- Harold Johnson#104 · Light Heavyweight · 20 overlapping years (1952-1971)
- Bob Foster#109 · Light Heavyweight / Heavyweight · 12 overlapping years (1961-1972)
- Luis Rodriguez#113 · Super Middleweight · 14 overlapping years (1959-1972)
- Dick Tiger#150 · Light Heavyweight · 19 overlapping years (1952-1970)
- Bobo Olson#160 · Super Middleweight / Light Heavyweight / Cruiserweight · 15 overlapping years (1952-1966)
Shared recognised division, overlapping competitive years, no recorded bout between them. A measured pattern only.
Linked style profile
8-axis style breakdown
Floyd Patterson 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 56 bouts we hold full data for from 1952 to 1972, which is why this count differs from the professional record above.
For the data-minded
Peak-form Elo rating: 1,880 (peak dated 1956-11-30). 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 ±196 Elo, so read close comparisons with care.