H&G All-Time Index public fighter card
Max Baer
Heavyweight · United States
Max Baer ranks #573 in the H&G All-Time Index at Heavyweight, with a 74.37 All-Time Index score and a 66-13-0 professional record. His career span on this page is 1929-1941.
- All-time rank
- #573
- H&G All-Time Index
- 74.370-100 ranking index. This is the number that orders the list.
- Career record
- 66-13-0Professional wins, losses and draws.
- Active years
- 1929-1941
- Data Confidence
- MediumSolid but wider career evidence. Treat close ranks with extra care.
Career story
How Max Baer'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 |
|---|---|
| 1929 | 1,658 |
| 1930 | 1,682 |
| 1931 | 1,743 |
| 1932 | 1,770 |
| 1933 | 1,774 |
| 1934 | 1,767 |
| 1935 | 1,748 |
| 1936 | 1,754 |
| 1937 | 1,743 |
| 1938 | 1,739 |
| 1939 | 1,720 |
| 1940 | 1,721 |
| 1941 | 1,709 |
Why this ranking
Max Baer ranks #573 with a 74.37 score on the 60-100 H&G All-Time Index. His standout win in our data is over Max Schmeling in 1933, who reached a 1,842 Peak-form Elo, one of the stronger opponents on his record. He also fought Ernie Owens 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 1,774 (±177), 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 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 repeat elite-year presence supports the all-time case.
How much major title evidence supports the rating.
Collapsed signal from peak rating, sustained rating and same-era separation.
Compare and explore
Put Max Baer next to any other ranked fighter, or open the tools built on the same rating data.
Top fights
The highest-ranked fighters Max Baer actually faced, biggest names first. Each one opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Joe Louis#4 · Index 97 · 1935
- Tommy Loughran#58 · Index 88 · 1931
- Max Schmeling#299 · Index 78 · 1933
- Primo Carnera#375 · Index 77 · 1934
- Ernie Schaaf#951 · Index 71 · 1930, 1932
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.
- Billy Conn#52 · Heavyweight · 8 overlapping years (1934-1941)
- John Henry Lewis#105 · Heavyweight · 9 overlapping years (1931-1939)
- Young Stribling#136 · Heavyweight · 5 overlapping years (1929-1933)
- Gus Lesnevich#289 · Heavyweight · 8 overlapping years (1934-1941)
- Melio Bettina#368 · Heavyweight · 8 overlapping years (1934-1941)
- Jack Sharkey#408 · Heavyweight · 8 overlapping years (1929-1936)
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- Jersey Joe Walcott#503 · Heavyweight · 12 overlapping years (1930-1941)
- Bob Pastor#539 · Heavyweight · 7 overlapping years (1935-1941)
- Tiger Jack Fox#902 · Heavyweight · 7 overlapping years (1935-1941)
- Al McCoy#942 · Heavyweight · 11 overlapping years (1931-1941)
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 44 bouts we hold full data for from 1929 to 1941, which is why this count differs from the professional record above.
For the data-minded
Peak-form Elo rating: 1,774 (peak dated 1933-06-01). 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 ±177 Elo, so read close comparisons with care.