As of October 2020, Povetkin was ranked as the world's fourth best active heavyweight by "The Ring" magazine and BoxRec, and fifth by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, as well as the world's eighth best active boxer, pound for pound, by BoxRec. Povetkin has been ranked by BoxRec as the world's top ten heavyweight since 2006, and as top five heavyweight since 2007; he was ranked as the No.2 heavyweight in the world from 2011 to 2013. His victorious fights against Ruslan Chagaev, Marco Huck and Dillian Whyte received a 5-Star rating from BoxRec.