- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1989–2015
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 68.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
GOAT Rank · 157
Greatest Athletes from Sweden
This ranking is led by Pia Sundhage, Therese Alshammar and Henrik Larsson. GOAT Rank currently ranks 157 eligible athletes from Sweden using verified career records across dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.
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According to GOAT Rank's current model, Pia Sundhage ranks #1 on this list with a GOAT Score of 88.2.
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- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1946–1958
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2013–active
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1989–active
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 72.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2012–2021
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2011–2021
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 2018–active
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 97.0
- Dominance
- 94.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 62.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2008–active
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1998–active
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 72.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 1999–2007
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2007–active
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 64.0
- Dominance
- 62.0
- Statistics
- 64.0
- Honours
- 58.0
- Longevity
- 68.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2016–active
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 87.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1960–1974
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Formula 1
- Career
- 2014–active
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 70.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1982–1996
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 2016–active
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 68.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 72.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2012–2021
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 2011–active
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 66.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 64.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2010–2020
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 2002–2019
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 62.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 62.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2013–active
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1982–2011
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 80.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 74.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2016–active
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 72.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2006–active
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 80.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Formula 1
- Career
- 1956–1971
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 64.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 60.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2004–2023
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 72.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2006–2021
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1977–1996
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 78.0
- Dominance
- 68.0
- Statistics
- 72.0
- Honours
- 72.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2012–2023
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 74.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 70.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1984–2009
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 74.0
- Dominance
- 62.0
- Statistics
- 68.0
- Honours
- 66.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 2011–active
- Country
- 🏳️ Sweden
- Peak
- 71.1
- Dominance
- 57.5
- Statistics
- 72.4
- Honours
- 44.0
- Longevity
- 63.4
- Sport
- Formula 1
- Career
- 1970–1978
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 78.0
- Dominance
- 66.0
- Statistics
- 68.0
- Honours
- 58.0
- Longevity
- 54.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 2005–active
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 66.0
- Dominance
- 56.0
- Statistics
- 62.0
- Honours
- 56.0
- Longevity
- 72.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2017–active
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 76.0
- Dominance
- 62.0
- Statistics
- 68.0
- Honours
- 64.0
- Longevity
- 56.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 2014–active
- Country
- 🏳️ Sweden
- Peak
- 71.8
- Dominance
- 51.9
- Statistics
- 69.9
- Honours
- 32.0
- Longevity
- 63.4
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 2015–active
- Country
- 🏳️ Sweden
- Peak
- 72.6
- Dominance
- 52.3
- Statistics
- 69.6
- Honours
- 32.0
- Longevity
- 60.2
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 2008–active
- Country
- 🏳️ Sweden
- Peak
- 65.3
- Dominance
- 45.6
- Statistics
- 72.4
- Honours
- 26.0
- Longevity
- 75.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 2010–active
- Country
- 🏳️ Sweden
- Peak
- 65.2
- Dominance
- 45.6
- Statistics
- 71.5
- Honours
- 26.0
- Longevity
- 75.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 2014–active
- Country
- 🏳️ Sweden
- Peak
- 67.3
- Dominance
- 49.6
- Statistics
- 69.0
- Honours
- 32.0
- Longevity
- 63.4
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1989–2004
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 48.0
- Dominance
- 46.0
- Statistics
- 48.0
- Honours
- 44.0
- Longevity
- 52.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 2023–active
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 68.0
- Dominance
- 58.0
- Statistics
- 66.0
- Honours
- 56.0
- Longevity
- 42.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1986–2019
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 62.0
- Dominance
- 50.0
- Statistics
- 56.0
- Honours
- 48.0
- Longevity
- 62.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 2016–active
- Country
- 🏳️ Sweden
- Peak
- 59.9
- Dominance
- 46.0
- Statistics
- 62.6
- Honours
- 32.0
- Longevity
- 53.8
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1984–1997
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 44.0
- Dominance
- 42.0
- Statistics
- 44.0
- Honours
- 40.0
- Longevity
- 46.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1962–1980
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 42.0
- Dominance
- 38.0
- Statistics
- 44.0
- Honours
- 34.0
- Longevity
- 58.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 2015–active
- Country
- 🏳️ Sweden
- Peak
- 55.2
- Dominance
- 40.6
- Statistics
- 60.7
- Honours
- 26.0
- Longevity
- 60.2
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 2021–active
- Country
- 🏳️ Sweden
- Peak
- 66.2
- Dominance
- 46.1
- Statistics
- 59.5
- Honours
- 26.0
- Longevity
- 41.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1987–1999
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 43.0
- Dominance
- 40.0
- Statistics
- 42.0
- Honours
- 36.0
- Longevity
- 44.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 2018–active
- Country
- 🏳️ Sweden
- Peak
- 53.4
- Dominance
- 39.7
- Statistics
- 53.5
- Honours
- 26.0
- Longevity
- 50.6
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 2019–active
- Country
- 🏳️ Sweden
- Peak
- 50.5
- Dominance
- 38.2
- Statistics
- 54.8
- Honours
- 26.0
- Longevity
- 47.4
| # | Athlete | Sport | Country | Career | GOAT Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3728 | Joakim Haeggman | Golf | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1989–2015 | 64.4 |
| 3735 | Tage Flisberg | Table Tennis | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1946–1958 | 64.4 |
| 3748 | Jesper "JW" Wecksell | Esports | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2013–active | 64.3 |
| 3752 | Robert Karlsson | Golf | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1989–active | 64.2 |
| 3754 | flusha | Esports | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2012–2021 | 64.2 |
| 3764 | Gustav "s4" Magnusson | Esports | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2011–2021 | 64.1 |
| 3780 | Armand Duplantis | Athletics | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2018–active | 63.9 |
| 3807 | Mattias Falck | Table Tennis | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2008–active | 63.6 |
| 3829 | Henrik Stenson | Golf | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1998–active | 63.3 |
| 3836 | Andreas Thorstensson | Esports | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1999–2007 | 63.3 |
| 3849 | Kosovare Asllani | Football | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2007–active | 63.1 |
| 3887 | Boxi | Esports | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2016–active | 62.7 |
| 3895 | Hans Alser | Table Tennis | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1960–1974 | 62.6 |
| 3924 | Marcus Ericsson | Formula 1 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2014–active | 62.2 |
| 3926 | Erik Lindh | Table Tennis | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1982–1996 | 62.2 |
| 3938 | Madelene Sagström | Golf | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2016–active | 62.1 |
| 3977 | Mikail "Maikelele" Bill | Esports | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2012–2021 | 61.6 |
| 3982 | David Lingmerth | Golf | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2011–active | 61.5 |
| 4004 | Xizt | Esports | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2010–2020 | 61.2 |
| 4035 | Pelle Edberg | Golf | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2002–2019 | 60.8 |
| 4062 | Anton Källberg | Table Tennis | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2013–active | 60.3 |
| 4072 | Jörgen Persson | Table Tennis | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1982–2011 | 60.1 |
| 4102 | Alexander "Plopski" Westerlund | Esports | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2016–active | 59.7 |
| 4109 | Mattias Karlsson | Table Tennis | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2006–active | 59.6 |
| 4139 | Jo Bonnier | Formula 1 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1956–1971 | 59.0 |
| 4149 | Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg | Esports | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2004–2023 | 58.7 |
| 4156 | Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund | Esports | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2006–2021 | 58.5 |
| 4191 | Mikael Appelgren | Table Tennis | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1977–1996 | 57.9 |
| 4255 | Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer | Esports | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2012–2023 | 56.4 |
| 4301 | Peter Karlsson | Table Tennis | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1984–2009 | 54.7 |
| 4326 | Gabriel Landeskog | Ice Hockey | 🏳️ Sweden | 2011–active | 53.6 |
| 4383 | Ronnie Peterson | Formula 1 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1970–1978 | 51.8 |
| 4417 | Alex Norén | Golf | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2005–active | 50.9 |
| 4427 | Truls Möregårdh | Table Tennis | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2017–active | 50.6 |
| 4445 | William Karlsson | Ice Hockey | 🏳️ Sweden | 2014–active | 50.1 |
| 4461 | Linus Ullmark | Ice Hockey | 🏳️ Sweden | 2015–active | 49.7 |
| 4495 | Mikael Backlund | Ice Hockey | 🏳️ Sweden | 2008–active | 48.8 |
| 4496 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | Ice Hockey | 🏳️ Sweden | 2010–active | 48.8 |
| 4500 | André Burakovsky | Ice Hockey | 🏳️ Sweden | 2014–active | 48.7 |
| 4552 | Patrik Andersson | Football | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1989–2004 | 47.5 |
| 4575 | Ludvig Åberg | Golf | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2023–active | 47.2 |
| 4661 | Jesper Parnevik | Golf | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1986–2019 | 45.3 |
| 4703 | Gustav Forsling | Ice Hockey | 🏳️ Sweden | 2016–active | 44.0 |
| 4740 | Jonas Thern | Football | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1984–1997 | 43.1 |
| 4748 | Bo "Bosse" Larsson | Football | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1962–1980 | 42.9 |
| 4790 | Oskar Sundqvist | Ice Hockey | 🏳️ Sweden | 2015–active | 41.8 |
| 4810 | William Eklund | Ice Hockey | 🏳️ Sweden | 2021–active | 41.4 |
| 4834 | Martin Dahlin | Football | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1987–1999 | 40.9 |
| 4910 | Kevin Stenlund | Ice Hockey | 🏳️ Sweden | 2018–active | 38.7 |
| 4939 | Jesper Boqvist | Ice Hockey | 🏳️ Sweden | 2019–active | 37.5 |
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Five verified components are weighted consistently: dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.
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