H&G All-Time Index public fighter card
Thomas Hearns
Welterweight · United States
Thomas Hearns ranks #86 in the H&G All-Time Index at Welterweight, with a 84.59 All-Time Index score and a 61-5-1 professional record. His best wins on record include Virgil Hill, Roberto Duran and Juan Domingo Roldan. His career span on this page is 1977-2006.
- All-time rank
- #86Notables
- H&G All-Time Index
- 84.590-100 ranking index. This is the number that orders the list.
- Career record
- 61-5-1Professional wins, losses and draws.
- Active years
- 1977-2006
- Data Confidence
- HighDeep career evidence and a tighter peak-rating band in this release. Close ranks still need boxing judgement.
Career story
How Thomas Hearns'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
- Virgil Hill - 1991 - signature win
- Roberto Duran - 1984 - signature win
- Juan Domingo Roldan - 1987 - signature win
- Wilfred Benitez - 1982 - signature win
- Dennis Andries - 1987 - signature win
Show the year-by-year numbers
| Year | Peak-form Elo rating |
|---|---|
| 1977 | 1,884 |
| 1978 | 1,927 |
| 1979 | 1,953 |
| 1980 | 1,963 |
| 1981 | 1,970 |
| 1982 | 1,980 |
| 1983 | 1,982 |
| 1984 | 1,983 |
| 1985 | 1,973 |
| 1986 | 1,975 |
| 1987 | 1,966 |
| 1988 | 1,934 |
| 1989 | 1,925 |
| 1990 | 1,917 |
| 1991 | 1,908 |
| 1992 | 1,882 |
| 1993 | 1,872 |
| 1994 | 1,871 |
| 1995 | 1,857 |
| 1996 | 1,832 |
| 1997 | 1,830 |
| 1998 | 1,800 |
| 1999 | 1,794 |
| 2000 | 1,772 |
| 2005 | 1,792 |
| 2006 | 1,793 |
Why this ranking
Thomas Hearns ranks #86 with a 84.59 score on the 60-100 H&G All-Time Index. His standout win in our data is over Virgil Hill in 1991, who reached a 2,026 Peak-form Elo, one of the stronger opponents on his record. He also fought Iran Barkley 2 times, going 0-2-0 across that series. The strongest model lifts are sustained head-to-head rating level (above the typical top-1000 fighter) and sustained top-level career signal (above the typical top-1000 fighter). Peak-form Elo is 1,983 (±200), 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.
Same-era separation left after the shared peak and sustained rating signal is removed.
A narrow signal for lineal, explicit undisputed or major multi-belt class control in this release data; it is not a full title history.
Compare and explore
Put Thomas Hearns next to any other ranked fighter, or open the tools built on the same rating data.
Top fights
The highest-ranked fighters Thomas Hearns actually faced, biggest names first. Each one opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Marvelous Marvin Hagler#28 · Index 91 · 1985
- Sugar Ray Leonard#40 · Index 90 · 1981, 1989
- Roberto Duran#73 · Index 86 · 1984
- Virgil Hill#216 · Index 80 · 1991
- Wilfred Benitez#430 · Index 76 · 1982
- Dennis Andries#453 · Index 76 · 1987
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- Juan Domingo Roldan#684 · Index 73 · 1987
- Iran Barkley#826 · Index 72 · 1988, 1992
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.
- Floyd Mayweather Jr#7 · Welterweight / Super Welterweight · 11 overlapping years (1996-2006)
- Roy Jones Jr#8 · Middleweight / Super Middleweight / Light Heavyweight / Cruiserweight · 18 overlapping years (1989-2006)
- Evander Holyfield#11 · Cruiserweight · 23 overlapping years (1984-2006)
- Julio Cesar Chavez#12 · Welterweight · 25 overlapping years (1981-2005)
- Joe Calzaghe#17 · Super Middleweight · 14 overlapping years (1993-2006)
- Kostya Tszyu#18 · Welterweight · 14 overlapping years (1992-2005)
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- Bernard Hopkins#23 · Middleweight / Light Heavyweight · 19 overlapping years (1988-2006)
- Oscar De La Hoya#24 · Welterweight / Super Welterweight / Middleweight · 15 overlapping years (1992-2006)
- Manny Pacquiao#25 · Welterweight / Super Welterweight · 12 overlapping years (1995-2006)
- Pernell Whitaker#26 · Welterweight · 18 overlapping years (1984-2001)
- Michael Spinks#36 · Light Heavyweight · 12 overlapping years (1977-1988)
- Felix Trinidad#37 · Welterweight / Super Welterweight / Middleweight · 17 overlapping years (1990-2006)
Shared recognised division, overlapping competitive years, no recorded bout between them. A measured pattern only.
Linked style profile
8-axis style breakdown
Thomas Hearns 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 60 bouts we hold full data for from 1977 to 2006, which is why this count differs from the professional record above.
For the data-minded
Peak-form Elo rating: 1,983 (peak dated 1984-06-01). 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 ±200 Elo, so read close comparisons with care.