Estimates of opposing forces in the Battle of Borodino
# Estimates of opposing forces in the Battle of Borodino

Following are major historians' estimates of the sizes of the opposing armies in the battle of Borodino, with the years in which those estimates were made.

| Historian | French | Russian | Year |
| - | - | - | - |
| Buturlin | 190,000 | 132,000 | 1824 |
| Segur | 130,000 | 120,000 | 1824 |
| Chambray | 133,819 | 130,000 | 1825 |
| Fain | 120,000 | 133,500 | 1827 |
| Clausewitz | 130,000 | 120,000 | 1830s |
| Mikhailovsky-Danilivsky | 160,000 | 128,000 | 1839 |
| Bogdanovich | 130,000 | 120,800 | 1859 |
| Marbot | 140,000 | 160,000 | 1860 |
| Burton | 130,000 | 120,800 | 1914 |
| Garniich | 130,665 | 119,300 | 1956 |
| Tarle | 130,000 | 127,800 | 1962 |
| Grunward | 130,000 | 120,000 | 1963 |
| Beskrovny | 135,000 | 126,000 | 1968 |
| Chandler | 156,000 | 120,800 | 1966 |
| Thiry | 120,000 | 133,000 | 1969 |
| Holmes | 130,000 | 120,800 | 1971 |
| Duffy | 133,000 | 125,000 | 1972 |
| Tranie | 127,000 | 120,000 | 1981 |
| Nicolson | 128,000 | 106,000 | 1985 |
| Troitsky | 134,000 | 154,800 | 1988 |
| Vasiliev | 130,000 | 155,200 | 1997 |
| Smith | 133,000 | 120,800 | 1998 |
| Zemtsov | 127,000 | 154,000 | 1999 |
| Hourtoulle | 115,000 | 140,000 | 2000 |
| Bezorosny | 135,000 | 150,000 | 2004 |
