GOAT Rank · 225

Greatest retired Basketball Players

This ranking is led by Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Diana Taurasi. GOAT Rank currently ranks 225 eligible Basketball players using verified career records across dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.

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According to GOAT Rank's current model, Michael Jordan ranks #1 on this list with a GOAT Score of 95.3.

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Michael Jordan

95.3

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1984–2003
Country: 🇺🇸 USA

Peak: 100.0
Dominance: 99.0
Statistics: 97.0
Honours: 96.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Michael Jordan

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

95.2

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1969–1989
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 95.0
Statistics: 96.0
Honours: 95.0
Longevity: 96.0

Athlete: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Diana Taurasi

94.2

Sport: Basketball
Career: 2004–2025
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 93.0
Dominance: 94.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 94.0
Longevity: 96.0

Athlete: Diana Taurasi

Wilt Chamberlain

93.0

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1959–1973
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 98.0
Dominance: 95.0
Statistics: 99.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Wilt Chamberlain

Bill Russell

92.5

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1956–1969
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 96.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 97.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Bill Russell

Pau Gasol

92.1

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1998–2021
Country: 🇪🇸 Spain

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 94.0
Longevity: 92.0

Athlete: Pau Gasol

Magic Johnson

91.9

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1979–1996
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 94.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 93.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Magic Johnson

Sue Bird

91.2

Sport: Basketball
Career: 2002–2022
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 90.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 96.0

Athlete: Sue Bird

Larry Bird

91.2

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1979–1992
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 93.0
Statistics: 93.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Larry Bird

Ray Allen

91.1

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1996–2014
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 96.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 92.0

Athlete: Ray Allen

Teresa Edwards

90.8

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1984–2004
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 94.0

Athlete: Teresa Edwards

Manu Ginóbili

90.6

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1995–2018
Country: 🇦🇷 Argentina

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 94.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Manu Ginóbili

Rick Barry

90.6

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1965–1980
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 96.0
Dominance: 90.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Rick Barry

Kobe Bryant

90.5

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1996–2016
Country: 🇺🇸 USA

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 90.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 87.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Kobe Bryant

Tim Duncan

90.5

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1997–2016
Country: 🇻🇮 United States

Peak: 89.0
Dominance: 90.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 91.0
Longevity: 94.0

Athlete: Tim Duncan

John Havlicek

90.5

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1962–1978
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 94.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: John Havlicek

Sergei Belov

90.4

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1964–1980
Country: 🇷🇺 Russia

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 90.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Sergei Belov

Nikos Galis

90.2

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1979–1994
Country: 🇬🇷 Greece

Peak: 96.0
Dominance: 92.0
Statistics: 96.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Nikos Galis

Dražen Dalipagić

90.2

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1971–1991
Country: 🇷🇸 Serbia

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Dražen Dalipagić

Oscar Robertson

89.8

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1960–1974
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 90.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Oscar Robertson

Shaquille O'Neal

89.7

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1992–2011
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 90.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 89.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Shaquille O'Neal

Sam Jones

89.4

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1957–1969
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 96.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Sam Jones

Walt Frazier

89.4

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1967–1980
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 96.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Walt Frazier

Karl Malone

89.2

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1985–2004
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 94.0

Athlete: Karl Malone

Jason Kidd

89.2

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1994–2013
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 92.0

Athlete: Jason Kidd

Cynthia Cooper-Dyke

89.1

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1986–2003
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 96.0
Dominance: 90.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 76.0

Athlete: Cynthia Cooper-Dyke

Dino Meneghin

88.7

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1966–1994
Country: 🇮🇹 Italy

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 94.0

Athlete: Dino Meneghin

Reggie Miller

88.7

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1987–2005
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Reggie Miller

Moses Malone

88.5

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1974–1995
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Moses Malone

George Gervin

88.5

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1972–1986
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: George Gervin

Elvin Hayes

88.4

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1968–1984
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 92.0

Athlete: Elvin Hayes

Dikembe Mutombo

88.4

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1991–2009
Country: 🇨🇩 DR Congo

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Dikembe Mutombo

Hal Greer

88.4

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1958–1973
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Hal Greer

Hakeem Olajuwon

88.3

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1984–2002
Country: 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Peak: 91.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 87.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Hakeem Olajuwon

Jerry West

88.2

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1960–1974
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Jerry West

John Stockton

88.2

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1984–2003
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 96.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 94.0

Athlete: John Stockton

Nate Archibald

88.2

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1970–1984
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 98.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Nate Archibald

Dirk Nowitzki

88.1

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1998–2019
Country: 🇩🇪 Germany

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 85.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 94.0

Athlete: Dirk Nowitzki

George Mikan

88.1

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1946–1956
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 96.0
Dominance: 92.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 70.0

Athlete: George Mikan

Hortência Marcari

88.1

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1980–1996
Country: 🇧🇷 Brazil

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Hortência Marcari

Julius Erving

88.0

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1971–1987
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 91.0
Dominance: 87.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Julius Erving

Sylvia Fowles

88.0

Sport: Basketball
Career: 2008–2022
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Sylvia Fowles

Artis Gilmore

88.0

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1971–1988
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Artis Gilmore

Kevin Garnett

87.5

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1995–2016
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 89.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 92.0

Athlete: Kevin Garnett

Alex English

87.5

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1976–1991
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Alex English

Kevin McHale

87.5

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1980–1993
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Kevin McHale

Krešimir Ćosić

87.5

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1968–1983
Country: 🇭🇷 Croatia

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Krešimir Ćosić

Clyde Drexler

87.3

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1983–1998
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Clyde Drexler

Adrian Dantley

87.1

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1976–1991
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Adrian Dantley

Paul Arizin

86.9

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1950–1962
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Paul Arizin

#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
2	Michael Jordan	Basketball	🇺🇸 USA	1984–2003	95.3
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1969–1989	95.2
4	Diana Taurasi	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2004–2025	94.2
5	Wilt Chamberlain	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1959–1973	93.0
6	Bill Russell	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1969	92.5
7	Pau Gasol	Basketball	🇪🇸 Spain	1998–2021	92.1
8	Magic Johnson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1996	91.9
9	Sue Bird	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2002–2022	91.2
10	Larry Bird	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1992	91.2
11	Ray Allen	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2014	91.1
12	Teresa Edwards	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1984–2004	90.8
13	Manu Ginóbili	Basketball	🇦🇷 Argentina	1995–2018	90.6
14	Rick Barry	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1980	90.6
15	Kobe Bryant	Basketball	🇺🇸 USA	1996–2016	90.5
16	Tim Duncan	Basketball	🇻🇮 United States	1997–2016	90.5
17	John Havlicek	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1978	90.5
18	Sergei Belov	Basketball	🇷🇺 Russia	1964–1980	90.4
19	Nikos Galis	Basketball	🇬🇷 Greece	1979–1994	90.2
20	Dražen Dalipagić	Basketball	🇷🇸 Serbia	1971–1991	90.2
22	Oscar Robertson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1974	89.8
23	Shaquille O'Neal	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1992–2011	89.7
24	Sam Jones	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1957–1969	89.4
25	Walt Frazier	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1980	89.4
26	Karl Malone	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1985–2004	89.2
27	Jason Kidd	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2013	89.2
28	Cynthia Cooper-Dyke	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1986–2003	89.1
30	Dino Meneghin	Basketball	🇮🇹 Italy	1966–1994	88.7
31	Reggie Miller	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2005	88.7
32	Moses Malone	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1995	88.5
33	George Gervin	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1972–1986	88.5
34	Elvin Hayes	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1968–1984	88.4
35	Dikembe Mutombo	Basketball	🇨🇩 DR Congo	1991–2009	88.4
36	Hal Greer	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1973	88.4
37	Hakeem Olajuwon	Basketball	🇳🇬 Nigeria	1984–2002	88.3
38	Jerry West	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1974	88.2
39	John Stockton	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1984–2003	88.2
40	Nate Archibald	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1984	88.2
41	Dirk Nowitzki	Basketball	🇩🇪 Germany	1998–2019	88.1
42	George Mikan	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1946–1956	88.1
43	Hortência Marcari	Basketball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1980–1996	88.1
44	Julius Erving	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1987	88.0
45	Sylvia Fowles	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2008–2022	88.0
46	Artis Gilmore	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1988	88.0
47	Kevin Garnett	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1995–2016	87.5
48	Alex English	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1991	87.5
49	Kevin McHale	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1980–1993	87.5
50	Krešimir Ćosić	Basketball	🇭🇷 Croatia	1968–1983	87.5
51	Clyde Drexler	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1983–1998	87.3
52	Adrian Dantley	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1991	87.1
53	Paul Arizin	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1950–1962	86.9

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