- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1981–2003
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
GOAT Rank · 47
Greatest Athletes from Denmark
This ranking is led by Peter Schmeichel, Nadia Nadim and Ragnhild Hveger. GOAT Rank currently ranks 47 eligible athletes from Denmark using verified career records across dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.
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According to GOAT Rank's current model, Peter Schmeichel ranks #1 on this list with a GOAT Score of 88.8.
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- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2005–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 89.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Swimming
- Career
- 1936–1952
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 92.0
- Statistics
- 93.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1970–1989
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Swimming
- Career
- 2010–2022
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1990–2005
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2009–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2010–2025
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 85.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1981–1998
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Swimming
- Career
- 2006–2016
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- American Football
- Career
- 1982–2007
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 96.0
- Sport
- Tennis
- Career
- 2005–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 72.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2013–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 92.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 94.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1996–2018
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2016–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2016–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2013–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1993–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2013–2023
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 2008–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2011–2023
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1995–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 68.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 72.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 2019–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 68.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2015–2023
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2015–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2014–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 87.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 2018–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 72.0
- Longevity
- 68.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2014–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2011–2022
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2013–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2015–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2019–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 72.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1999–2016
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2014–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2015–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2016–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2018–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 72.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2012–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 80.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2012–2023
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 78.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 72.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Formula 1
- Career
- 2014–2024
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 62.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 56.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2017–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 80.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 72.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 2013–active
- Country
- 🏳️ Denmark
- Peak
- 72.1
- Dominance
- 55.0
- Statistics
- 73.5
- Honours
- 38.0
- Longevity
- 66.6
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 2015–active
- Country
- 🏳️ Denmark
- Peak
- 69.8
- Dominance
- 47.9
- Statistics
- 72.1
- Honours
- 26.0
- Longevity
- 60.2
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 2009–active
- Country
- 🏳️ Denmark
- Peak
- 58.8
- Dominance
- 42.4
- Statistics
- 69.7
- Honours
- 26.0
- Longevity
- 75.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2010–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 32.0
- Dominance
- 26.0
- Statistics
- 30.0
- Honours
- 20.0
- Longevity
- 46.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2020–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 29.6
- Dominance
- 27.8
- Statistics
- 25.9
- Honours
- 26.4
- Longevity
- 19.3
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2020–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 29.6
- Dominance
- 27.8
- Statistics
- 25.9
- Honours
- 26.4
- Longevity
- 19.3
| # | Athlete | Sport | Country | Career | GOAT Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | Peter Schmeichel | Football | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 1981–2003 | 88.8 |
| 327 | Nadia Nadim | Football | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2005–active | 85.9 |
| 350 | Ragnhild Hveger | Swimming | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 1936–1952 | 85.6 |
| 737 | Allan Simonsen | Football | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 1970–1989 | 83.3 |
| 858 | Pernille Blume | Swimming | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2010–2022 | 82.7 |
| 866 | Wilson Kipketer | Athletics | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 1990–2005 | 82.6 |
| 922 | Pernille Harder | Football | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2009–active | 82.3 |
| 983 | Christian Eriksen | Football | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2010–2025 | 82.1 |
| 1224 | Michael Laudrup | Football | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 1981–1998 | 80.7 |
| 1819 | Jakob Andkjær | Swimming | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2006–2016 | 77.9 |
| 1962 | Morten Andersen | American Football | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 1982–2007 | 77.3 |
| 3141 | Caroline Wozniacki | Tennis | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2005–active | 70.8 |
| 3337 | Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz | Esports | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2013–active | 68.6 |
| 3427 | Anders Hansen | Golf | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 1996–2018 | 67.6 |
| 3512 | Benjamin "blameF" Bremer | Esports | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2016–active | 66.6 |
| 3519 | Rasmus "Caps" Winther | Esports | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2016–active | 66.5 |
| 3525 | device | Esports | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2013–active | 66.4 |
| 3553 | Thomas Bjørn | Golf | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 1993–active | 66.2 |
| 3590 | gla1ve | Esports | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2013–2023 | 65.8 |
| 3651 | Thorbjørn Olesen | Golf | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2008–active | 65.1 |
| 3652 | Søren "Bjergsen" Bjerg | Esports | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2011–2023 | 65.1 |
| 3729 | Søren Kjeldsen | Golf | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 1995–active | 64.4 |
| 3730 | Nicolai Højgaard | Golf | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2019–active | 64.4 |
| 3739 | Wunder | Esports | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2015–2023 | 64.4 |
| 3773 | Magisk | Esports | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2015–active | 64.0 |
| 3837 | Cr1t- | Esports | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2014–active | 63.3 |
| 3861 | Rasmus Højgaard | Golf | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2018–active | 63.0 |
| 3874 | Kristian "k0nfig" Wienecke | Esports | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2014–active | 62.9 |
| 3889 | Johan "N0tail" Sundstein | Esports | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2011–2022 | 62.6 |
| 3898 | Marco "Snappi" Pfeiffer | Esports | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2013–active | 62.6 |
| 3905 | Valdemar "valde" Bjørn Vangså | Esports | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2015–active | 62.5 |
| 3943 | Jakob "jabbi" Nygaard | Esports | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2019–active | 62.0 |
| 3948 | Michael Maze | Table Tennis | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 1999–2016 | 61.9 |
| 4067 | CadiaN | Esports | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2014–active | 60.2 |
| 4081 | Patrick "es3tag" Hansen | Esports | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2015–active | 60.0 |
| 4113 | Rasmus "HooXi" Nielsen | Esports | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2016–active | 59.5 |
| 4118 | Jens "Staehr" Staehr | Esports | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2018–active | 59.4 |
| 4126 | Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen | Esports | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2012–active | 59.1 |
| 4200 | Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth | Esports | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2012–2023 | 57.7 |
| 4224 | Kevin Magnussen | Formula 1 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2014–2024 | 57.2 |
| 4227 | sjuush | Esports | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2017–active | 57.2 |
| 4350 | Frederik Andersen | Ice Hockey | 🏳️ Denmark | 2013–active | 52.9 |
| 4553 | Nikolaj Ehlers | Ice Hockey | 🏳️ Denmark | 2015–active | 47.5 |
| 4600 | Lars Eller | Ice Hockey | 🏳️ Denmark | 2009–active | 46.6 |
| 5053 | Anders Christiansen | Football | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2010–active | 30.6 |
| 5082 | karrigan | Esports | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2020–active | 19.7 |
| 5084 | TeSeS | Esports | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2020–active | 19.7 |
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Five verified components are weighted consistently: dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.
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