H&G All-Time Index public fighter card
Nikolai Valuev
Heavyweight · Russia
Nikolai Valuev ranks #288 in the H&G All-Time Index at Heavyweight, with a 77.96 All-Time Index score and a 50-2-0 professional record. His career span on this page is 1993-2009.
- All-time rank
- #288
- H&G All-Time Index
- 77.960-100 ranking index. This is the number that orders the list.
- Career record
- 50-2-0Professional wins, losses and draws.
- Active years
- 1993-2009
- Data Confidence
- MediumSolid but wider career evidence. Treat close ranks with extra care.
Career story
How Nikolai Valuev'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 |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 1,747 |
| 1994 | 1,760 |
| 1996 | 1,865 |
| 1997 | 1,901 |
| 1998 | 1,916 |
| 1999 | 1,958 |
| 2000 | 1,980 |
| 2001 | 2,005 |
| 2002 | 2,031 |
| 2003 | 2,050 |
| 2004 | 2,065 |
| 2005 | 2,067 |
| 2006 | 2,058 |
| 2007 | 2,048 |
| 2008 | 2,041 |
| 2009 | 2,018 |
Why this ranking
Nikolai Valuev ranks #288 with a 77.96 score on the 60-100 H&G All-Time Index. His standout win in our data is over Evander Holyfield in 2008, who reached a 2,081 Peak-form Elo, one of the stronger opponents on his record. He also fought John Ruiz 2 times, going 2-0-0 across that series. Data Confidence is Medium, so the rating should be read with wider uncertainty. Peak-form Elo is 2,067 (±207), 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 Nikolai Valuev next to any other ranked fighter, or open the tools built on the same rating data.
Top fights
The highest-ranked fighters Nikolai Valuev actually faced, biggest names first. Each one opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Evander Holyfield#11 · Index 95 · 2008
- David Haye#406 · Index 76 · 2009
- Marcelo Fabian Dominguez#533 · Index 75 · 2004
- John Ruiz#534 · Index 75 · 2005, 2008
- Ruslan Chagaev#613 · Index 74 · 2007
- Larry Donald#634 · Index 74 · 2005
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 · 14 overlapping years (1996-2009)
- Lennox Lewis#15 · Heavyweight · 11 overlapping years (1993-2003)
- Larry Holmes#22 · Heavyweight · 10 overlapping years (1993-2002)
- Vitali Klitschko#32 · Heavyweight · 14 overlapping years (1996-2009)
- Mike Tyson#35 · Heavyweight · 13 overlapping years (1993-2005)
- Riddick Bowe#51 · Heavyweight · 16 overlapping years (1993-2008)
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- James Toney#99 · Heavyweight · 17 overlapping years (1993-2009)
- Michael Moorer#107 · Heavyweight · 16 overlapping years (1993-2008)
- Johnny Nelson#127 · Heavyweight · 13 overlapping years (1993-2005)
- Juan Carlos Gomez#155 · Heavyweight · 15 overlapping years (1995-2009)
- Tomasz Adamek#238 · Heavyweight · 11 overlapping years (1999-2009)
- Chris Byrd#274 · Heavyweight · 17 overlapping years (1993-2009)
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 46 bouts we hold full data for from 1993 to 2009, which is why this count differs from the professional record above.
For the data-minded
Peak-form Elo rating: 2,067 (peak dated 2005-05-01). 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 ±207 Elo, so read close comparisons with care.