Who is better, Greb or Sutcliffe?
Harry Greb leads with a cross-sport score of 87.7 against 85.4 for Herbert Sutcliffe — a gap of 2.3 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Greb vs Sutcliffe
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Harry Greb above Herbert Sutcliffe: 87.7 vs 85.4. Harry Greb leads on Honours, Dominance. Herbert Sutcliffe leads on Longevity, Statistics.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →Cross-sport verdictgoatrank.world
GrebWinner
87.7Greb wins: Dominance, Honours
Sutcliffe
85.4Sutcliffe wins: Longevity, Statistics
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Time range
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Category radar
Verdict
Cross-sport GOAT score
🇺🇸 Harry Greb
87.7
91.4 in-sport × 0.96 Global participation & competition depth
Greb leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Harry Grebdepth ×0.96
2. Herbert Sutcliffedepth ×0.94
Category breakdown
Season form · season output
Career timeline · season output
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
GOAT pace tracker
Career stage · GOAT pace
Through season 5 · season output1. 🇬🇧 Herbert Sutcliffe5 seasons played · career day 3,652322 output
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Harry Greb5 seasons played · career day 1,825292 output
-9.3% vs Sutcliffe at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Greb | 0 | 0 | 45 | 97 | 292 | 644 |
| 🇬🇧 Sutcliffe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 264 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | GrebRetired | SutcliffeRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Dominance w25% | 92 | 90 |
| Peak w20% | 96 | 96 |
| Longevity w20% | 86 | 88 |
| Honours w20% | 88 | 84 |
| Statistics w15% | 96 | 98 |
| Professional bouts | 298 | — |
| Professional wins | 261 | — |
| World titles | 1 | — |
| Title defences | 6 | — |
| Bouts in a single year | 45 | — |
| Test average | — | 60.73 |
| Test runs | — | 4,555 |
| Test centuries | — | 16 |
| First-class runs | — | 50,138 |
| First-class centuries | — | 151 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Greb87.7
Sutcliffe85.4
FAQ
Where does Sutcliffe beat Greb?
Sutcliffe scores higher on statistics, longevity. Greb leads on dominance, honours.
How can athletes from different sports be compared?
Each in-sport GOAT score is multiplied by Competition Depth: Greb 0.96 (boxing) and Sutcliffe 0.94 (cricket). Deeper, more global sports keep more of their score.
What do you think?
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