The following tables show the professional boxers listed in the latest top-10 pound for pound world rankings published by each of:
| Boxer | Record | Weight class | Current world title(s) | Ranker | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Ring [1] | BWAA [2] | TBRB [3] | ESPN [4] | BoxRec [5] | ||||
| Naoya Inoue | 27–0 (24 KO) | Super bantamweight | WBC , WBO, WBA (Super), IBF, and The Ring | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Terence Crawford | 40–0 (31 KO) | Welterweight | WBA (Super), WBC, WBO, and The Ring | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Oleksandr Usyk | 21–0 (13 KO) | Heavyweight | WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and The Ring | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | – |
| Canelo Álvarez | 61–2–2 (39 KO) | Super middleweight | WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Dmitry Bivol | 22–0 (11 KO) | Light heavyweight | WBA (Super) | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | – |
| Errol Spence Jr. | 28–1 (22 KO) | Welterweight | – | 7 | 5 | – | – | – |
| Devin Haney | 31–1 (15 KO) | Light welterweight | WBC | – | 10 (tie) | – | – | – |
| Gervonta Davis | 29–0 (27 KO) | Lightweight | WBA (Regular) | 8 | – | 10 | 7 | – |
| Teófimo López | 20–1 (13 KO) | Light welterweight | WBO and The Ring | – | – | 7 | – | – |
| Tyson Fury | 34–0–1 (24 KO) | Heavyweight | WBC | – | 6 | – | 10 | – |
| Artur Beterbiev | 20–0 (20 KO) | Light heavyweight | WBC, IBF, and WBO | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Jermell Charlo | 35–1–1 (19 KO) | Light middleweight | The Ring | – | 9 | – | – | – |
| Shakur Stevenson | 21–0 (10 KO) | Lightweight | WBC | – | 10 (tie) | – | 8 | 5 |
| Juan Francisco Estrada | 44–3 (28 KO) | Super flyweight | WBC and The Ring | – | – | – | – | – |
| Jesse Rodriguez | 19–0 (12 KO) | Flyweight | - | 9 | - | – | 9 | 8 |
| Junto Nakatani | 27–0 (20 KO) | Bantamweight | WBC | 10 | - | 9 | – | 3 |
| Kenshiro Teraji | 23–1 (14 KO) | Light-flyweight | WBC, WBA (Super) and The Ring | – | - | 8 | – | 6 |
| Emanuel Navarrete | 38–1–1 (31 KO) | Super featherweight | WBO | - | - | - | – | 9 |
| Subriel Matías | 20–1 (20 KO) | Light welterweight | IBF | - | - | - | – | 10 |
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