This is the new consensus ranking. This consensus consisted of 25 voters. Go here for the previous ranking. In case of a tie-breaker the fighter with the highest position votes is placed ahead.
Here is the way the votes tallied up. The voting position is first and the number of votes are in parenthesis. NR denotes Not Ranked.
- Joe Louis - 352 points
- Muhammad Ali - 351 points
- Larry Holmes - 241 points
- George Foreman - 239 points
- Lennox Lewis - 223 points
- Jack Johnson - 216 points
- Rocky Marciano - 202 points
- Jack Dempsey - 189 points
- Joe Frazier - 184 points
- Mike Tyson - 175 points
- Evander Holyfield - 152 points
- Sonny Liston - 135 points
- Gene Tunney - 59 points
- Ezzard Charles - 36 points
- Sam Langford - 35 points
- Jim Jeffries - 32 points
- Harry Wills - 24 points
- Floyd Patterson - 22 points
- Jersey Joe Walcott - 18 points
- Riddick Bowe - 14 points
- James J. Corbett - 11 points
- Max Schmelling - 11 points
- Vitali Klitschko - 10 points
- Ken Norton - 9 points
- John L. Sullivan - 6 points
Here is the way the votes tallied up. The voting position is first and the number of votes are in parenthesis. NR denotes Not Ranked.
- Joe Louis - 1(8), 2(14), 3(2), 6(1)
- Muhammad Ali - 1(15), 2(9), NR(1)
- Larry Holmes - 3(11), 4(6), 5(4), 9(1), 11(1), NR(2)
- George Foreman - 3(1), 4(4), 5(5), 6(7), 7(1), 8(2), 9(2), 10(1), 11(1), 13(1)
- Lennox Lewis - 1(1), 3(2), 4(3), 5(5), 6(3), 7(1), 8(2), 10(4), 11(2), 13(1), NR(1)
- Jack Johnson - 1(1), 3(4), 4(4), 5(3), 6(1), 8(3), 9(2), 10(1), 11(1), 13(2), 14(1), NR(1)
- Rocky Marciano - 3(2), 4(1), 5(2), 6(3), 7(3), 8(5), 9(4), 10(1), 12(2), 13(1), NR(1)
- Jack Dempsey - 3(2), 4(4), 6(3), 7(2), 8(1), 9(2), 10(2), 11(4), 12(2), 13(1), 14(1), NR(1)
- Joe Frazier - 5(1), 6(3), 7(8), 8(3), 9(3), 10(1), 11(3), 13(1), 14(1), NR(1)
- Mike Tyson - 2(1), 4(1), 6(1), 7(5), 8(2), 9(2), 10(4), 11(3), 12(2), 13(1), NR(3)
- Evander Holyfield - 4(1), 5(2), 6(1), 7(2), 8(5), 9(3), 10(4), 11(1), 12(2), 14(1), 15(1), NR(1)
- Sonny Liston - 5(1), 6(2), 7(2), 8(1), 9(3), 10(3), 11(2), 12(6), 13(1), 14(1), NR(3)
- Gene Tunney - 5(1), 8(1), 11(2), 12(1), 13(3), 14(6), 15(1), NR(10)
- Ezzard Charles - 10(1), 11(3), 12(1), 13(1), 14(2), 15(4), NR(13)
- Sam Langford - 4(1), 7(1), 9(1), 13(1), 14(1), 15(2), NR(18)
- Jim Jeffries - 2(1), 12(1), 13(4), 15(2), NR(17)
- Harry Wills - 9(1), 12(2), 13(2), 14(1), 15(1), NR(18)
- Floyd Patterson - 10(1), 13(1), 14(3), 15(7), NR(13)
- Jersey Joe Walcott - 12(3), 14(3), NR(19)
- Riddick Bowe - 10(1), 13(2), 15(2), NR(20)
- James J. Corbett - 5(1), NR(24)
- MAX Schmeling - 9(1). 12(1), NR(23)
- Vitali Klitschko - 8(1), 14(1), NR(23)
- Ken Norton - 11(1), 14(2), NR(22)
- John L. Sullivan - 11(1), 15(1), NR(23)
- Michael Spinx - 10(1), NR(24)
- James J. Braddock - 13(1), NR(24)
- Wladimir Klitschko - 15(2), NR(23)
- Peter Jackson - 14(1), NR(24)
- Michael Moorer - 15(1), NR(24)
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