- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1992–2015
- Country
- 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 93.0
- Honours
- 91.0
- Longevity
- 94.0
GOAT Rank · 65
Greatest Athletes who debuted in the 1990s
This ranking is led by Haile Gebrselassie, Ruth Beitia and Yelena Isinbayeva. GOAT Rank currently ranks 65 eligible athletes who debuted in the 1990s using verified career records across dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.
Quick answer
According to GOAT Rank's current model, Haile Gebrselassie ranks #1 on this list with a GOAT Score of 91.9.
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- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1996–2017
- Country
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 94.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1997–2016
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1993–2012
- Country
- 🇱🇹 Lithuania
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1992–2006
- Country
- 🇲🇦 Morocco
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1990–2000
- Country
- 🇩🇿 Algeria
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1990–2007
- Country
- 🇨🇺 Cuba
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1992–2009
- Country
- 🇰🇪 Kenya
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1997–2013
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1993–2009
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1991–2001
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1993–2012
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1998–2015
- Country
- 🇧🇾 Belarus
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1992–2015
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1990–2005
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1990–1999
- Country
- 🇰🇪 Kenya
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1994–2008
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1993–2008
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1990–2001
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1993–2007
- Country
- 🇯🇲 Jamaica
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1994–2003
- Country
- 🇰🇪 Kenya
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 72.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1999–2012
- Country
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1997–2011
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1993–2009
- Country
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1992–2003
- Country
- 🇨🇿 Czechia
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1997–2012
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1993–2006
- Country
- 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1991–2000
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1995–2004
- Country
- 🇰🇪 Kenya
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1993–2005
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1995–2008
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1990–2004
- Country
- 🇳🇦 Namibia
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1997–2012
- Country
- 🇲🇦 Morocco
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1993–2008
- Country
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1994–2009
- Country
- 🇮🇱 Israel
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1990–2003
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1992–2005
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1993–2007
- Country
- 🇭🇺 Hungary
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1994–2013
- Country
- 🇨🇿 Czechia
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1990–2000
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 68.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1998–2017
- Country
- 🇭🇷 Croatia
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1998–2012
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1999–2005
- Country
- 🇹🇷 Turkey
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 70.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1999–2010
- Country
- 🇯🇲 Jamaica
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1993–2002
- Country
- 🇰🇪 Kenya
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1997–2012
- Country
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1993–2005
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1999–2012
- Country
- 🇯🇲 Jamaica
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1996–2007
- Country
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1997–2008
- Country
- 🇯🇲 Jamaica
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
| # | Athlete | Sport | Country | Career | GOAT Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Haile Gebrselassie | Athletics | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 1992–2015 | 91.9 |
| 19 | Ruth Beitia | Athletics | 🇪🇸 Spain | 1996–2017 | 90.4 |
| 20 | Yelena Isinbayeva | Athletics | 🇷🇺 Russia | 1997–2016 | 90.3 |
| 32 | Virgilijus Alekna | Athletics | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 1993–2012 | 89.1 |
| 33 | Hicham El Guerrouj | Athletics | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 1992–2006 | 89.1 |
| 34 | Nourredine Morceli | Athletics | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 1990–2000 | 89.1 |
| 36 | Iván Pedroso | Athletics | 🇨🇺 Cuba | 1990–2007 | 88.8 |
| 44 | Paul Tergat | Athletics | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 1992–2009 | 88.4 |
| 58 | Tatyana Lebedeva | Athletics | 🇷🇺 Russia | 1997–2013 | 87.5 |
| 64 | Eunice Barber | Athletics | 🇫🇷 France | 1993–2009 | 87.5 |
| 66 | Donovan Bailey | Athletics | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1991–2001 | 87.4 |
| 73 | Christine Arron | Athletics | 🇫🇷 France | 1993–2012 | 87.1 |
| 80 | Nadzeya Astapchuk | Athletics | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 1998–2015 | 86.7 |
| 95 | Paula Radcliffe | Athletics | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1992–2015 | 86.2 |
| 97 | Wilson Kipketer | Athletics | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 1990–2005 | 86.0 |
| 99 | Moses Kiptanui | Athletics | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 1990–1999 | 85.9 |
| 101 | Kajsa Bergqvist | Athletics | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1994–2008 | 85.8 |
| 112 | Stefan Holm | Athletics | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1993–2008 | 85.5 |
| 115 | Charles Austin | Athletics | 🇺🇸 United States | 1990–2001 | 85.4 |
| 116 | James Beckford | Athletics | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 1993–2007 | 85.4 |
| 124 | Daniel Komen | Athletics | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 1994–2003 | 85.0 |
| 125 | Mizuki Noguchi | Athletics | 🇯🇵 Japan | 1999–2012 | 85.0 |
| 139 | Christian Olsson | Athletics | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1997–2011 | 84.3 |
| 140 | Stefano Baldini | Athletics | 🇮🇹 Italy | 1993–2009 | 84.3 |
| 141 | Ludmila Formanová | Athletics | 🇨🇿 Czechia | 1992–2003 | 84.3 |
| 142 | Mehdi Baala | Athletics | 🇫🇷 France | 1997–2012 | 84.2 |
| 147 | Saad Al-Asmari | Athletics | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 1993–2006 | 84.0 |
| 149 | Kim Batten | Athletics | 🇺🇸 United States | 1991–2000 | 83.9 |
| 151 | Bernard Barmasai | Athletics | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 1995–2004 | 83.8 |
| 157 | Kelly Holmes | Athletics | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1993–2005 | 83.6 |
| 158 | Maurice Greene | Athletics | 🇺🇸 United States | 1995–2008 | 83.5 |
| 163 | Frank Fredericks | Athletics | 🇳🇦 Namibia | 1990–2004 | 83.4 |
| 168 | Hasna Benhassi | Athletics | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 1997–2012 | 83.2 |
| 170 | Anzhela Balakhonova | Athletics | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 1993–2008 | 83.2 |
| 172 | Aleksandr Averbukh | Athletics | 🇮🇱 Israel | 1994–2009 | 83.1 |
| 186 | Cathy Freeman | Athletics | 🇦🇺 Australia | 1990–2003 | 82.6 |
| 188 | Denise Lewis | Athletics | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1992–2005 | 82.4 |
| 190 | Adrián Annus | Athletics | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 1993–2007 | 82.3 |
| 194 | Roman Šebrle | Athletics | 🇨🇿 Czechia | 1994–2013 | 82.2 |
| 198 | Derrick Adkins | Athletics | 🇺🇸 United States | 1990–2000 | 82.0 |
| 201 | Blanka Vlašić | Athletics | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 1998–2017 | 81.9 |
| 204 | Ralf Bartels | Athletics | 🇩🇪 Germany | 1998–2012 | 81.9 |
| 207 | Süreyya Ayhan | Athletics | 🇹🇷 Turkey | 1999–2005 | 81.7 |
| 208 | Sanjay Ayre | Athletics | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 1999–2010 | 81.6 |
| 209 | Sally Barsosio | Athletics | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 1993–2002 | 81.6 |
| 211 | Iryna Sekachova | Athletics | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 1997–2012 | 81.5 |
| 218 | Jamie Baulch | Athletics | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1993–2005 | 81.0 |
| 219 | Aleen Bailey | Athletics | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 1999–2012 | 81.0 |
| 220 | Glory Alozie | Athletics | 🇪🇸 Spain | 1996–2007 | 81.0 |
| 229 | Allison Beckford | Athletics | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 1997–2008 | 80.7 |
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How is this ranking calculated?
Five verified components are weighted consistently: dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.
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