H&G All-Time Index public fighter card
Sugar Ray Leonard
Welterweight · United States
Sugar Ray Leonard ranks #40 in the H&G All-Time Index at Welterweight, with a 89.53 All-Time Index score and a 36-3-1 professional record. His best wins on record include Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns and Roberto Duran. His career span on this page is 1977-1997.
- All-time rank
- #40Elite Greats
- H&G All-Time Index
- 89.530-100 ranking index. This is the number that orders the list.
- Career record
- 36-3-1Professional wins, losses and draws.
- Active years
- 1977-1997
- Data Confidence
- MediumSolid but wider career evidence. Treat close ranks with extra care.
Career story
How Sugar Ray Leonard'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
- Marvin Hagler - 1987 - signature win
- Thomas Hearns - 1981 - signature win
- Roberto Duran - 1989 - signature win
- Ayub Kalule - 1981 - signature win
- Wilfred Benitez - 1979 - signature win
Show the year-by-year numbers
| Year | Peak-form Elo rating |
|---|---|
| 1977 | 1,950 |
| 1978 | 1,988 |
| 1979 | 2,007 |
| 1980 | 2,020 |
| 1981 | 2,031 |
| 1982 | 2,030 |
| 1984 | 2,025 |
| 1987 | 2,012 |
| 1988 | 1,982 |
| 1989 | 1,969 |
| 1991 | 1,929 |
| 1997 | 1,859 |
Why this ranking
Sugar Ray Leonard ranks #40 with a 89.53 score on the 60-100 H&G All-Time Index. His standout win in our data is over Marvelous Marvin Hagler in 1987, who reached a 2,061 Peak-form Elo, one of the stronger opponents on his record. He also fought Roberto Duran 3 times, going 2-1-0 across that series. Data Confidence is Medium, so the rating should be read with wider uncertainty. Peak-form Elo is 2,031 (±215), 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.
How much repeat elite-year presence supports the all-time case.
Collapsed signal from peak rating, sustained rating and same-era separation.
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.
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 Sugar Ray Leonard next to any other ranked fighter, or open the tools built on the same rating data.
Top fights
The highest-ranked fighters Sugar Ray Leonard actually faced, biggest names first. Each one opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Marvelous Marvin Hagler#28 · Index 91 · 1987
- Roberto Duran#73 · Index 86 · 1980, 1989
- Hector Camacho#77 · Index 86 · 1997
- Thomas Hearns#86 · Index 85 · 1981, 1989
- Terry Norris#92 · Index 84 · 1991
- Wilfred Benitez#430 · Index 76 · 1979
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- Ayub Kalule#627 · Index 74 · 1981
- Donny Lalonde#812 · Index 72 · 1988
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.
- Julio Cesar Chavez#12 · Welterweight · 11 overlapping years (1981-1991)
- Pernell Whitaker#26 · Welterweight · 8 overlapping years (1984-1991)
- Alexis Arguello#60 · Welterweight · 15 overlapping years (1977-1991)
- Chris Eubank#111 · Middleweight / Super Middleweight · 7 overlapping years (1985-1991)
- Donald Curry#129 · Welterweight / Super Welterweight / Middleweight · 12 overlapping years (1980-1991)
- Steve Collins#145 · Middleweight / Super Middleweight · 6 overlapping years (1986-1991)
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- Mike McCallum#148 · Super Welterweight / Middleweight · 11 overlapping years (1981-1991)
- Michael Nunn#157 · Middleweight / Super Middleweight · 8 overlapping years (1984-1991)
- Nigel Benn#178 · Middleweight / Super Middleweight · 5 overlapping years (1987-1991)
- Gianfranco Rosi#181 · Super Welterweight / Middleweight · 13 overlapping years (1979-1991)
- Lloyd Honeyghan#201 · Welterweight · 12 overlapping years (1980-1991)
- Simon Brown#211 · Welterweight / Super Welterweight / Middleweight · 10 overlapping years (1982-1991)
Shared recognised division, overlapping competitive years, no recorded bout between them. A measured pattern only.
Linked style profile
8-axis style breakdown
Sugar Ray Leonard 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 37 bouts we hold full data for from 1977 to 1997, which is why this count differs from the professional record above.
For the data-minded
Peak-form Elo rating: 2,031 (peak dated 1981-09-01). 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 ±215 Elo, so read close comparisons with care.