H&G All-Time Index public fighter card
Buster Douglas
Heavyweight · United States
Buster Douglas ranks #317 in the H&G All-Time Index at Heavyweight, with a 77.59 All-Time Index score and a 37-6-1 professional record. His career span on this page is 1981-1999.
- All-time rank
- #317
- H&G All-Time Index
- 77.590-100 ranking index. This is the number that orders the list.
- Career record
- 37-6-1Professional wins, losses and draws.
- Active years
- 1981-1999
- Data Confidence
- MediumSolid but wider career evidence. Treat close ranks with extra care.
Career story
How Buster Douglas'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 |
|---|---|
| 1981 | 1,680 |
| 1982 | 1,710 |
| 1983 | 1,734 |
| 1984 | 1,768 |
| 1985 | 1,782 |
| 1986 | 1,828 |
| 1987 | 1,861 |
| 1988 | 1,881 |
| 1989 | 1,903 |
| 1990 | 1,908 |
| 1996 | 1,891 |
| 1997 | 1,889 |
| 1998 | 1,861 |
| 1999 | 1,860 |
Why this ranking
Buster Douglas ranks #317 with a 77.59 score on the 60-100 H&G All-Time Index. His standout win in our data is over Mike Tyson in 1990, who reached a 2,109 Peak-form Elo, one of the stronger opponents on his record. He also fought Jesse Clark 3 times, going 3-0-0 across that series. Data Confidence is Medium, so the rating should be read with wider uncertainty. Peak-form Elo is 1,908 (±225), 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.
Collapsed signal from peak rating, sustained rating and same-era separation.
Same-era separation left after the shared peak and sustained rating signal is removed.
How much the record is helped by wins over contemporaneous title-level opponents.
How much repeat elite-year presence supports the all-time case.
How much major title evidence supports the rating.
Compare and explore
Put Buster Douglas next to any other ranked fighter, or open the tools built on the same rating data.
Top fights
The highest-ranked fighters Buster Douglas actually faced, biggest names first. Each one opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Evander Holyfield#11 · Index 95 · 1990
- Mike Tyson#35 · Index 91 · 1990
- Oliver McCall#512 · Index 75 · 1989
- Tony Tucker#580 · Index 74 · 1987
- Greg Page#694 · Index 73 · 1986
- Trevor Berbick#714 · Index 73 · 1989
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.
- Lennox Lewis#15 · Heavyweight · 11 overlapping years (1989-1999)
- Larry Holmes#22 · Heavyweight · 19 overlapping years (1981-1999)
- Michael Spinks#36 · Heavyweight · 8 overlapping years (1981-1988)
- George Foreman#50 · Heavyweight · 17 overlapping years (1981-1997)
- Riddick Bowe#51 · Heavyweight · 11 overlapping years (1989-1999)
- James Toney#99 · Heavyweight · 12 overlapping years (1988-1999)
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- Michael Moorer#107 · Heavyweight · 12 overlapping years (1988-1999)
- Johnny Nelson#127 · Heavyweight · 14 overlapping years (1986-1999)
- Chris Byrd#274 · Heavyweight · 7 overlapping years (1993-1999)
- Nikolai Valuev#288 · Heavyweight · 7 overlapping years (1993-1999)
- Henry Akinwande#355 · Heavyweight · 11 overlapping years (1989-1999)
- Tim Witherspoon#383 · Heavyweight · 19 overlapping years (1981-1999)
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 42 bouts we hold full data for from 1981 to 1999, which is why this count differs from the professional record above.
For the data-minded
Peak-form Elo rating: 1,908 (peak dated 1990-02-01). 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 ±225 Elo, so read close comparisons with care.