H&G All-Time Index public fighter card
Mike Tyson
Heavyweight · United States
Mike Tyson ranks #35 in the H&G All-Time Index at Heavyweight, with a 90.51 All-Time Index score and a 50-7-0 professional record. His best wins on record include Larry Holmes, Michael Spinks and Brian Nielsen. His career span on this page is 1985-2024.
- All-time rank
- #35Elite Greats
- H&G All-Time Index
- 90.510-100 ranking index. This is the number that orders the list.
- Career record
- 50-7-0Professional wins, losses and draws.
- Active years
- 1985-2024
- Data Confidence
- HighDeep career evidence and a tighter peak-rating band in this release. Close ranks still need boxing judgement.
Career story
How Mike Tyson'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
- Larry Holmes - 1988 - signature win
- Michael Spinks - 1988 - signature win
- Brian Nielsen - 2001 - signature win
- Frank Bruno - 1996 - signature win
- Tony Tucker - 1987 - signature win
Show the year-by-year numbers
| Year | Peak-form Elo rating |
|---|---|
| 1985 | 2,057 |
| 1986 | 2,092 |
| 1987 | 2,107 |
| 1988 | 2,109 |
| 1989 | 2,097 |
| 1990 | 2,075 |
| 1991 | 2,072 |
| 1995 | 2,011 |
| 1996 | 1,999 |
| 1997 | 1,959 |
| 1999 | 1,942 |
| 2000 | 1,922 |
| 2001 | 1,873 |
| 2002 | 1,844 |
| 2003 | 1,821 |
| 2004 | 1,757 |
| 2005 | 1,730 |
| 2024 | 1,565 |
Why this ranking
Mike Tyson ranks #35 with a 90.51 score on the 60-100 H&G All-Time Index. His standout win in our data is over Larry Holmes in 1988, who reached a 2,101 Peak-form Elo, one of the stronger opponents on his record. He also fought Donovan Ruddock 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 2,109 (±192), 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 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.
How much major title evidence supports the rating.
Same-era separation left after the shared peak and sustained rating signal is removed.
Compare and explore
Put Mike Tyson next to any other ranked fighter, or open the tools built on the same rating data.
Top fights
The highest-ranked fighters Mike Tyson actually faced, biggest names first. Each one opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Evander Holyfield#11 · Index 95 · 1996, 1997
- Lennox Lewis#15 · Index 94 · 2002
- Larry Holmes#22 · Index 92 · 1988
- Michael Spinks#36 · Index 90 · 1988
- Buster Douglas#317 · Index 78 · 1990
- Orlin Norris#441 · Index 76 · 1999
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- Frank Bruno#454 · Index 76 · 1989, 1996
- Brian Nielsen#506 · Index 75 · 2001
- Tony Tucker#580 · Index 74 · 1987
- Donovan Ruddock#650 · Index 74 · 1991
- Pinklon Thomas#705 · Index 73 · 1987
- Trevor Berbick#714 · Index 73 · 1986
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.
- Wladimir Klitschko#13 · Heavyweight · 10 overlapping years (1996-2005)
- Vitali Klitschko#32 · Heavyweight · 10 overlapping years (1996-2005)
- George Foreman#50 · Heavyweight · 13 overlapping years (1985-1997)
- Riddick Bowe#51 · Heavyweight · 17 overlapping years (1989-2005)
- James Toney#99 · Heavyweight · 18 overlapping years (1988-2005)
- Michael Moorer#107 · Heavyweight · 18 overlapping years (1988-2005)
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- Johnny Nelson#127 · Heavyweight · 20 overlapping years (1986-2005)
- Juan Carlos Gomez#155 · Heavyweight · 11 overlapping years (1995-2005)
- Tomasz Adamek#238 · Heavyweight · 7 overlapping years (1999-2005)
- Chris Byrd#274 · Heavyweight · 13 overlapping years (1993-2005)
- Nikolai Valuev#288 · Heavyweight · 13 overlapping years (1993-2005)
- Vassiliy Jirov#314 · Heavyweight · 9 overlapping years (1997-2005)
Shared recognised division, overlapping competitive years, no recorded bout between them. A measured pattern only.
Linked style profile
8-axis style breakdown
Mike Tyson 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 57 bouts we hold full data for from 1985 to 2024, which is why this count differs from the professional record above.
For the data-minded
Peak-form Elo rating: 2,109 (peak dated 1988-01-01). 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 ±192 Elo, so read close comparisons with care.