H&G All-Time Index public fighter card
Vitali Klitschko
Heavyweight · Soviet Union
Vitali Klitschko ranks #32 in the H&G All-Time Index at Heavyweight, with a 90.96 All-Time Index score and a 45-2-0 professional record. His best wins on record include Juan Carlos Gomez, Tomasz Adamek and Shannon Briggs. His career span on this page is 1996-2012.
- All-time rank
- #32Elite Greats
- H&G All-Time Index
- 90.960-100 ranking index. This is the number that orders the list.
- Career record
- 45-2-0Professional wins, losses and draws.
- Active years
- 1996-2012
- Data Confidence
- MediumSolid but wider career evidence. Treat close ranks with extra care.
Career story
How Vitali Klitschko'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
- Juan Carlos Gomez - 2009 - signature win
- Tomasz Adamek - 2011 - signature win
- Shannon Briggs - 2010 - signature win
- Larry Donald - 2002 - signature win
- Orlin Norris - 2001 - signature win
Show the year-by-year numbers
| Year | Peak-form Elo rating |
|---|---|
| 1996 | 1,917 |
| 1997 | 1,963 |
| 1998 | 1,993 |
| 1999 | 2,011 |
| 2000 | 2,031 |
| 2001 | 2,054 |
| 2002 | 2,073 |
| 2003 | 2,098 |
| 2004 | 2,120 |
| 2008 | 2,192 |
| 2009 | 2,205 |
| 2010 | 2,213 |
| 2011 | 2,218 |
| 2012 | 2,219 |
Why this ranking
Vitali Klitschko ranks #32 with a 90.96 score on the 60-100 H&G All-Time Index. His standout win in our data is over Juan Carlos Gomez in 2009, who reached a 2,010 Peak-form Elo, one of the stronger opponents on his record. He has wins over 7 opponents who were unbeaten at the time. Holding the score back, dominance over contemporaries sits below the field of ranked fighters in this release. Data Confidence is Medium, so the rating should be read with wider uncertainty. Peak-form Elo is 2,218 (±308), 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
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Top fights
The highest-ranked fighters Vitali Klitschko actually faced, biggest names first. Each one opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Lennox Lewis#15 · Index 94 · 2003
- Juan Carlos Gomez#155 · Index 82 · 2009
- Tomasz Adamek#238 · Index 79 · 2011
- Chris Byrd#274 · Index 78 · 2000
- Orlin Norris#441 · Index 76 · 2001
- Herbie Hide#445 · Index 76 · 1999
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- Samuel Peter#450 · Index 76 · 2008
- Corrie Sanders#527 · Index 75 · 2004
- Shannon Briggs#610 · Index 74 · 2010
- Larry Donald#634 · Index 74 · 2002
- Mahmoud Charr#846 · Index 72 · 2012
- Kirk Johnson#927 · Index 71 · 2003
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.
- Evander Holyfield#11 · Heavyweight · 16 overlapping years (1996-2011)
- Wladimir Klitschko#13 · Heavyweight · 17 overlapping years (1996-2012)
- Mike Tyson#35 · Heavyweight · 10 overlapping years (1996-2005)
- Riddick Bowe#51 · Heavyweight · 13 overlapping years (1996-2008)
- James Toney#99 · Heavyweight · 17 overlapping years (1996-2012)
- Michael Moorer#107 · Heavyweight · 13 overlapping years (1996-2008)
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- Johnny Nelson#127 · Heavyweight · 10 overlapping years (1996-2005)
- Alexander Povetkin#163 · Heavyweight · 8 overlapping years (2005-2012)
- Nikolai Valuev#288 · Heavyweight · 14 overlapping years (1996-2009)
- Vassiliy Jirov#314 · Heavyweight · 13 overlapping years (1997-2009)
- Henry Akinwande#355 · Heavyweight · 13 overlapping years (1996-2008)
- David Haye#406 · Heavyweight · 11 overlapping years (2002-2012)
Shared recognised division, overlapping competitive years, no recorded bout between them. A measured pattern only.
Linked style profile
8-axis style breakdown
Vitali Klitschko 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 47 bouts we hold full data for from 1996 to 2012, which is why this count differs from the professional record above.
For the data-minded
Peak-form Elo rating: 2,218 (peak dated 2012-02-01). 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 ±308 Elo, so read close comparisons with care.