H&G All-Time Index public fighter card
Joe Louis
Heavyweight · United States
Joe Louis ranks #4 in the H&G All-Time Index at Heavyweight, with a 97.04 All-Time Index score and a 66-3-0 professional record. His best wins on record include Billy Conn, Jimmy Bivins and Bob Pastor. His career span on this page is 1934-1951.
- All-time rank
- #4Inner Circle
- H&G All-Time Index
- 97.040-100 ranking index. This is the number that orders the list.
- Career record
- 66-3-0Professional wins, losses and draws.
- Active years
- 1934-1951
- Data Confidence
- HighDeep career evidence and a tighter peak-rating band in this release. Close ranks still need boxing judgement.
Career story
How Joe Louis'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
- Billy Conn - 1946 - signature win
- Jimmy Bivins - 1951 - signature win
- Bob Pastor - 1939 - signature win
- John Henry Lewis - 1939 - signature win
- Max Schmeling - 1938 - signature win
Show the year-by-year numbers
| Year | Peak-form Elo rating |
|---|---|
| 1934 | 1,998 |
| 1935 | 2,024 |
| 1936 | 2,048 |
| 1937 | 2,068 |
| 1938 | 2,090 |
| 1939 | 2,110 |
| 1940 | 2,119 |
| 1941 | 2,122 |
| 1942 | 2,118 |
| 1946 | 2,089 |
| 1947 | 2,064 |
| 1948 | 2,054 |
| 1950 | 2,008 |
| 1951 | 2,006 |
Why this ranking
Joe Louis ranks #4 with a 97.04 score on the 60-100 H&G All-Time Index. His standout win in our data is over Billy Conn in 1946, who reached a 1,961 Peak-form Elo, one of the stronger opponents on his record. He also fought Abe Simon 2 times, going 2-0-0 across that series. Holding the score back, dominance over contemporaries sits below the field of ranked fighters in this release. Peak-form Elo is 2,122 (±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.
Collapsed signal from peak rating, sustained rating and same-era separation.
How much repeat elite-year presence supports the all-time case.
How much major title evidence supports the rating.
How much the record is helped by wins over contemporaneous title-level opponents.
A narrow signal for lineal, explicit undisputed or major multi-belt class control in this release data; it is not a full title history.
Same-era separation left after the shared peak and sustained rating signal is removed.
Compare and explore
Put Joe Louis next to any other ranked fighter, or open the tools built on the same rating data.
Top fights
The highest-ranked fighters Joe Louis actually faced, biggest names first. Each one opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Ezzard Charles#38 · Index 90 · 1950
- Billy Conn#52 · Index 88 · 1941, 1946
- Rocky Marciano#54 · Index 88 · 1951
- John Henry Lewis#105 · Index 83 · 1939
- Jimmy Bivins#258 · Index 79 · 1951
- Max Schmeling#299 · Index 78 · 1936, 1938
Show 6 more
- Primo Carnera#375 · Index 77 · 1935
- Jack Sharkey#408 · Index 76 · 1936
- Jersey Joe Walcott#503 · Index 75 · 1947, 1948
- Bob Pastor#539 · Index 75 · 1937, 1939
- Max Baer#573 · Index 74 · 1935
- Al McCoy#942 · Index 71 · 1940
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.
- Gus Lesnevich#289 · Heavyweight · 16 overlapping years (1934-1949)
- Melio Bettina#368 · Heavyweight · 15 overlapping years (1934-1948)
- Harry Matthews#632 · Heavyweight · 14 overlapping years (1938-1951)
- Joey Maxim#896 · Heavyweight · 10 overlapping years (1942-1951)
- Tiger Jack Fox#902 · Heavyweight · 16 overlapping years (1935-1950)
Shared recognised division, overlapping competitive years, no recorded bout between them. A measured pattern only.
Linked style profile
8-axis style breakdown
Joe Louis 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 60 bouts we hold full data for from 1934 to 1951, which is why this count differs from the professional record above.
For the data-minded
Peak-form Elo rating: 2,122 (peak dated 1941-06-01). 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.