H&G All-Time Index public fighter card
Sergey Kovalev
Light Heavyweight · Russia
Sergey Kovalev ranks #144 in the H&G All-Time Index at Light Heavyweight, with a 82.04 All-Time Index score and a 36-5-1 professional record. His career span on this page is 2009-2025.
- All-time rank
- #144
- H&G All-Time Index
- 82.040-100 ranking index. This is the number that orders the list.
- Career record
- 36-5-1Professional wins, losses and draws.
- Active years
- 2009-2025
- Data Confidence
- MediumSolid but wider career evidence. Treat close ranks with extra care.
Career story
How Sergey Kovalev'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 |
|---|---|
| 2009 | 1,842 |
| 2010 | 1,894 |
| 2011 | 1,935 |
| 2012 | 1,968 |
| 2013 | 2,011 |
| 2014 | 2,028 |
| 2015 | 2,029 |
| 2016 | 2,025 |
| 2017 | 2,003 |
| 2018 | 2,000 |
| 2019 | 1,996 |
| 2022 | 1,965 |
| 2024 | 1,933 |
| 2025 | 1,934 |
Why this ranking
Sergey Kovalev ranks #144 with a 82.04 score on the 60-100 H&G All-Time Index. His standout win in our data is over Bernard Hopkins in 2014, who reached a 2,076 Peak-form Elo, one of the stronger opponents on his record. He also has 12 wins over opponents who were ranked in the top 100 around the time of the fight; these are matched by name and date, so we treat them as a careful estimate. Data Confidence is Medium, so the rating should be read with wider uncertainty. Peak-form Elo is 2,029 (±194), 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 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.
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.
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Top fights
The highest-ranked fighters Sergey Kovalev actually faced, biggest names first. Each one opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Canelo Álvarez#5 · Index 97 · 2019
- Bernard Hopkins#23 · Index 92 · 2014
- Andre Ward#65 · Index 86 · 2016, 2017
- Jean Pascal#316 · Index 78 · 2015, 2016
- Nathan Cleverly#342 · Index 77 · 2013
- Eleider Alvarez#489 · Index 75 · 2018, 2019
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.
- Roy Jones Jr#8 · Light Heavyweight · 15 overlapping years (2009-2023)
- Artur Beterbiev#63 · Light Heavyweight · 13 overlapping years (2013-2025)
- Dmitry Bivol#84 · Light Heavyweight · 12 overlapping years (2014-2025)
- David Benavidez#88 · Light Heavyweight · 13 overlapping years (2013-2025)
- Zsolt Erdei#161 · Light Heavyweight · 6 overlapping years (2009-2014)
- Lucian Bute#182 · Light Heavyweight · 9 overlapping years (2009-2017)
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- Adonis Stevenson#215 · Light Heavyweight · 10 overlapping years (2009-2018)
- Robert Stieglitz#232 · Light Heavyweight · 9 overlapping years (2009-2017)
- Chad Dawson#233 · Light Heavyweight · 11 overlapping years (2009-2019)
- Tomasz Adamek#238 · Light Heavyweight · 10 overlapping years (2009-2018)
- Juergen Braehmer#292 · Light Heavyweight · 11 overlapping years (2009-2019)
- Antonio Tarver#325 · Light Heavyweight · 7 overlapping years (2009-2015)
Shared recognised division, overlapping competitive years, no recorded bout between them. A measured pattern only.
Linked style profile
8-axis style breakdown
Sergey Kovalev 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 39 bouts we hold full data for from 2009 to 2025, which is why this count differs from the professional record above.
For the data-minded
Peak-form Elo rating: 2,029 (peak dated 2015-03-01). 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 ±194 Elo, so read close comparisons with care.