H&G All-Time Index public fighter card
Muhammad Ali
Heavyweight · United States
Muhammad Ali ranks #9 in the H&G All-Time Index at Heavyweight, with a 95.63 All-Time Index score and a 56-5-0 professional record. His best wins on record include George Foreman, Archie Moore and Joe Frazier. His career span on this page is 1960-1981.
- All-time rank
- #9Inner Circle
- H&G All-Time Index
- 95.630-100 ranking index. This is the number that orders the list.
- Career record
- 56-5-0Professional wins, losses and draws.
- Active years
- 1960-1981
- Data Confidence
- HighDeep career evidence and a tighter peak-rating band in this release. Close ranks still need boxing judgement.
Career story
How Muhammad Ali'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
- George Foreman - 1974 - signature win
- Archie Moore - 1962 - signature win
- Joe Frazier - 1975 - signature win
- Sonny Liston - 1965 - signature win
- Ken Norton - 1976 - signature win
Show the year-by-year numbers
| Year | Peak-form Elo rating |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 1,905 |
| 1961 | 1,948 |
| 1962 | 1,993 |
| 1963 | 2,012 |
| 1964 | 2,031 |
| 1965 | 2,069 |
| 1966 | 2,080 |
| 1967 | 2,082 |
| 1970 | 2,087 |
| 1971 | 2,094 |
| 1972 | 2,097 |
| 1973 | 2,092 |
| 1974 | 2,090 |
| 1975 | 2,082 |
| 1976 | 2,058 |
| 1977 | 2,013 |
| 1978 | 1,976 |
| 1980 | 1,903 |
| 1981 | 1,879 |
Why this ranking
Muhammad Ali ranks #9 with a 95.63 score on the 60-100 H&G All-Time Index. His standout win in our data is over George Foreman in 1974, who reached a 2,053 Peak-form Elo, one of the stronger opponents on his record. He also fought Joe Frazier 3 times, going 2-1-0 across that series. Holding the score back, dominance over contemporaries sits below the field of ranked fighters in this release. Peak-form Elo is 2,097 (±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.
How much major title evidence supports the rating.
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 Muhammad Ali next to any other ranked fighter, or open the tools built on the same rating data.
Top fights
The highest-ranked fighters Muhammad Ali actually faced, biggest names first. Each one opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Archie Moore#16 · Index 93 · 1962
- Larry Holmes#22 · Index 92 · 1980
- Joe Frazier#49 · Index 89 · 1971, 1974, 1975
- George Foreman#50 · Index 89 · 1974
- Floyd Patterson#64 · Index 86 · 1965, 1972
- Sonny Liston#89 · Index 84 · 1964, 1965
Show 6 more
- Bob Foster#109 · Index 83 · 1972
- Ken Norton#422 · Index 76 · 1973, 1976
- Ron Lyle#524 · Index 75 · 1975
- Oscar Bonavena#623 · Index 74 · 1970
- Jerry Quarry#631 · Index 74 · 1970, 1972
- Trevor Berbick#714 · Index 73 · 1981
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.
- Carlos De Leon#177 · Cruiserweight · 8 overlapping years (1974-1981)
- Victor Galindez#304 · Cruiserweight · 12 overlapping years (1969-1980)
- Eddie Machen#428 · Cruiserweight / Heavyweight · 8 overlapping years (1960-1967)
- Marvin Camel#639 · Cruiserweight · 9 overlapping years (1973-1981)
- Gerrie Coetzee#668 · Heavyweight · 8 overlapping years (1974-1981)
- Mike Weaver#821 · Heavyweight · 10 overlapping years (1972-1981)
Shared recognised division, overlapping competitive years, no recorded bout between them. A measured pattern only.
Linked style profile
8-axis style breakdown
Muhammad Ali 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 1960 to 1981, which is why this count differs from the professional record above.
For the data-minded
Peak-form Elo rating: 2,097 (peak dated 1972-06-27). 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.