H&G All-Time Index public fighter card
Ingemar Johansson
Heavyweight · Sweden
Ingemar Johansson ranks #427 in the H&G All-Time Index at Heavyweight, with a 75.98 All-Time Index score and a 26-2-0 professional record. His career span on this page is 1952-1963.
- All-time rank
- #427
- H&G All-Time Index
- 75.980-100 ranking index. This is the number that orders the list.
- Career record
- 26-2-0Professional wins, losses and draws.
- Active years
- 1952-1963
- Data Confidence
- LowLimited or wide-band career evidence. Treat close ranks as provisional.
Career story
How Ingemar Johansson'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 |
|---|---|
| 1955 | 1,745 |
| 1956 | 1,783 |
| 1957 | 1,803 |
| 1958 | 1,812 |
| 1959 | 1,807 |
| 1960 | 1,788 |
| 1961 | 1,785 |
| 1962 | 1,796 |
| 1963 | 1,798 |
Why this ranking
Ingemar Johansson ranks #427 with a 75.98 score on the 60-100 H&G All-Time Index. His standout win in our data is over Floyd Patterson in 1959, who reached a 1,880 Peak-form Elo, one of the stronger opponents on his record. In one case a result was later reversed: he beat Floyd Patterson once, then lost to him in a later fight. Data Confidence is Low, so the rating should be read with wider uncertainty. Peak-form Elo is 1,812 (±213), 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.
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 repeat elite-year presence supports the all-time case.
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.
How much the record is helped by wins over contemporaneous title-level opponents.
Compare and explore
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Top fights
The highest-ranked fighters Ingemar Johansson actually faced, biggest names first. Each one opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Floyd Patterson#64 · Index 86 · 1959, 1960, 1961
- Eddie Machen#428 · Index 76 · 1958
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.
- Archie Moore#16 · Cruiserweight / Heavyweight · 12 overlapping years (1952-1963)
- Ezzard Charles#38 · Cruiserweight / Heavyweight · 8 overlapping years (1952-1959)
- Rocky Marciano#54 · Cruiserweight / Heavyweight · 4 overlapping years (1952-1955)
- Sonny Liston#89 · Heavyweight · 11 overlapping years (1953-1963)
- Bobo Olson#160 · Cruiserweight · 12 overlapping years (1952-1963)
- Zora Folley#793 · Cruiserweight / Heavyweight · 11 overlapping years (1953-1963)
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- Willie Pastrano#885 · Cruiserweight · 12 overlapping years (1952-1963)
- Joey Maxim#896 · Cruiserweight / Heavyweight · 7 overlapping years (1952-1958)
Shared recognised division, overlapping competitive years, no recorded bout between them. A measured pattern only.
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 18 bouts we hold full data for from 1952 to 1963, which is why this count differs from the professional record above.
For the data-minded
Peak-form Elo rating: 1,812 (peak dated 1958-09-14). 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 ±213 Elo, so read close comparisons with care.