H&G All-Time Index public fighter card
Max Schmeling
Heavyweight · Germany
Max Schmeling ranks #299 in the H&G All-Time Index at Heavyweight, with a 77.77 All-Time Index score and a 56-10-4 professional record. His career span on this page is 1924-1948.
- All-time rank
- #299
- H&G All-Time Index
- 77.770-100 ranking index. This is the number that orders the list.
- Career record
- 56-10-4Professional wins, losses and draws.
- Active years
- 1924-1948
- Data Confidence
- HighDeep career evidence and a tighter peak-rating band in this release. Close ranks still need boxing judgement.
Career story
How Max Schmeling'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 |
|---|---|
| 1924 | 1,555 |
| 1925 | 1,578 |
| 1926 | 1,654 |
| 1927 | 1,715 |
| 1928 | 1,753 |
| 1929 | 1,770 |
| 1930 | 1,786 |
| 1931 | 1,790 |
| 1932 | 1,782 |
| 1933 | 1,779 |
| 1934 | 1,806 |
| 1935 | 1,829 |
| 1936 | 1,842 |
| 1937 | 1,834 |
| 1938 | 1,834 |
| 1939 | 1,821 |
| 1947 | 1,706 |
| 1948 | 1,700 |
Why this ranking
Max Schmeling ranks #299 with a 77.77 score on the 60-100 H&G All-Time Index. His standout win in our data is over Joe Louis in 1936, who reached a 2,122 Peak-form Elo, one of the stronger opponents on his record. In 4 cases a result was later reversed, including Gipsy Daniels, whom he beat once but lost to in a later fight. The strongest model lifts are major title-control signal (above the typical top-1000 fighter) and dominance over contemporaries (above the typical top-1000 fighter). Peak-form Elo is 1,842 (±218), 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.
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 major title evidence supports the rating.
How much repeat elite-year presence supports the all-time case.
Collapsed signal from peak rating, sustained rating and same-era separation.
Compare and explore
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Top fights
The highest-ranked fighters Max Schmeling actually faced, biggest names first. Each one opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Joe Louis#4 · Index 97 · 1936, 1938
- Mickey Walker#20 · Index 93 · 1932
- Young Stribling#136 · Index 82 · 1931
- Jack Sharkey#408 · Index 76 · 1930, 1932
- Max Baer#573 · Index 74 · 1933
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.
- Marcel Thil#43 · Light Heavyweight · 12 overlapping years (1926-1937)
- Billy Conn#52 · Super Middleweight / Light Heavyweight / Cruiserweight / Heavyweight · 15 overlapping years (1934-1948)
- Tommy Loughran#58 · Light Heavyweight / Cruiserweight / Heavyweight · 13 overlapping years (1925-1937)
- Young Corbett III#66 · Super Middleweight · 16 overlapping years (1925-1940)
- Fred Apostoli#98 · Light Heavyweight · 15 overlapping years (1934-1948)
- John Henry Lewis#105 · Light Heavyweight / Cruiserweight / Heavyweight · 9 overlapping years (1931-1939)
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- Harry Wills#120 · Heavyweight · 9 overlapping years (1924-1932)
- Marcel Cerdan#162 · Super Middleweight · 13 overlapping years (1936-1948)
- Lou Brouillard#253 · Super Middleweight / Light Heavyweight · 11 overlapping years (1930-1940)
- Jimmy Bivins#258 · Light Heavyweight / Heavyweight · 9 overlapping years (1940-1948)
- Jimmy Slattery#262 · Light Heavyweight · 11 overlapping years (1924-1934)
- Jack Delaney#278 · Super Middleweight / Light Heavyweight / Cruiserweight · 9 overlapping years (1924-1932)
Shared recognised division, overlapping competitive years, no recorded bout between them. A measured pattern only.
Linked style profile
8-axis style breakdown
Max Schmeling 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 54 bouts we hold full data for from 1924 to 1948, which is why this count differs from the professional record above.
For the data-minded
Peak-form Elo rating: 1,842 (peak dated 1936-06-01). 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 ±218 Elo, so read close comparisons with care.