GOAT Rank · 1370

Greatest Athletes from United States

This ranking is led by Michael Phelps, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Carl Lewis. GOAT Rank currently ranks 1370 eligible athletes from United States using verified career records across dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.

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1866

Andy Robustelli

77.7

Sport: American Football
Career: 1951–1964
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Andy Robustelli

1873

Shawn Porter

77.6

Sport: Boxing
Career: 2008–2021
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Shawn Porter

1875

Robin Yount

77.6

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1974–1993
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 96.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 94.0

Athlete: Robin Yount

1877

Naomi Girma

77.6

Sport: Football
Career: 2022–active
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 76.0
Longevity: 62.0

Athlete: Naomi Girma

1880

Fidel LaBarba

77.6

Sport: Boxing
Career: 1924–1933
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 70.0

Athlete: Fidel LaBarba

1883

Willie Roaf

77.6

Sport: American Football
Career: 1993–2005
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Willie Roaf

1886

Sidney Wood

77.6

Sport: Tennis
Career: 1927–1945
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Sidney Wood

1895

Lawrence Taylor

77.5

Sport: American Football
Career: 1981–1993
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 90.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Lawrence Taylor

1898

Christy Martin

77.5

Sport: Boxing
Career: 1989–2012
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 76.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Christy Martin

1899

Rasheed Wallace

77.5

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1995–2013
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Rasheed Wallace

1900

Marcus Allen

77.5

Sport: American Football
Career: 1982–1997
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Marcus Allen

1901

Night Train Lane

77.5

Sport: American Football
Career: 1952–1965
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Night Train Lane

1902

Kathleen Baker

77.5

Sport: Swimming
Career: 2013–2021
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 68.0

Athlete: Kathleen Baker

1905

Jim Palmer

77.5

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1965–1984
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Jim Palmer

1910

Eddie Collins

77.5

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1906–1930
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 94.0

Athlete: Eddie Collins

1911

Jonathan Ogden

77.5

Sport: American Football
Career: 1996–2007
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Jonathan Ogden

1912

Eric Dickerson

77.5

Sport: American Football
Career: 1983–1993
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 96.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Eric Dickerson

1913

Bobby Layne

77.5

Sport: American Football
Career: 1948–1962
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Bobby Layne

1914

Carl Eller

77.5

Sport: American Football
Career: 1964–1979
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Carl Eller

1915

John Randle

77.5

Sport: American Football
Career: 1990–2003
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: John Randle

1918

Mike Ditka

77.5

Sport: American Football
Career: 1961–1972
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Mike Ditka

1922

Coby Carrozza

77.5

Sport: Swimming
Career: 2018–active
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 70.0

Athlete: Coby Carrozza

1925

Tiger Woods

77.4

Sport: Golf
Career: 1996–active
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 100.0
Dominance: 99.0
Statistics: 96.0
Honours: 94.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Tiger Woods

1927

Jim Brown

77.4

Sport: American Football
Career: 1957–1965
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 95.0
Dominance: 93.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 70.0

Athlete: Jim Brown

1929

Brett Favre

77.4

Sport: American Football
Career: 1991–2010
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 94.0

Athlete: Brett Favre

1930

Jack Ham

77.4

Sport: American Football
Career: 1971–1982
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Jack Ham

1931

Antonio Gates

77.4

Sport: American Football
Career: 2003–2018
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Antonio Gates

1936

Earnie Shavers

77.4

Sport: Boxing
Career: 1969–1995
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 68.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Earnie Shavers

1937

Ronde Barber

77.4

Sport: American Football
Career: 1997–2012
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 94.0

Athlete: Ronde Barber

1939

Gaylord Perry

77.4

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1962–1983
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Gaylord Perry

1940

Derrick Henry

77.4

Sport: American Football
Career: 2016–active
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Derrick Henry

1941

Freddie Freeman

77.4

Sport: Baseball
Career: 2010–active
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Freddie Freeman

1942

Shawn Kemp

77.4

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1989–2003
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 74.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Shawn Kemp

1947

Buck Buchanan

77.4

Sport: American Football
Career: 1963–1975
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Buck Buchanan

1948

Yale Lary

77.4

Sport: American Football
Career: 1952–1964
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Yale Lary

1949

Ron Mix

77.4

Sport: American Football
Career: 1960–1971
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Ron Mix

1951

Rod Langway

77.4

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1978–1993
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Rod Langway

1952

Jim Langer

77.4

Sport: American Football
Career: 1970–1981
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Jim Langer

1953

Dick LeBeau

77.4

Sport: American Football
Career: 1959–1972
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Dick LeBeau

1956

Lou Gehrig

77.3

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1923–1939
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 93.0
Dominance: 91.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Lou Gehrig

1959

David Thompson

77.3

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1975–1984
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 60.0

Athlete: David Thompson

1960

Blake Griffin

77.3

Sport: Basketball
Career: 2009–2023
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 74.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Blake Griffin

1961

Bob Feller

77.3

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1936–1956
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 90.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Bob Feller

1965

Isaac Bruce

77.3

Sport: American Football
Career: 1994–2009
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Isaac Bruce

1966

Ray Guy

77.3

Sport: American Football
Career: 1973–1986
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Ray Guy

1968

Dave Winfield

77.3

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1973–1995
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Dave Winfield

1975

Lenny Moore

77.3

Sport: American Football
Career: 1956–1967
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Lenny Moore

1976

Ted Schroeder

77.3

Sport: Tennis
Career: 1939–1954
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Ted Schroeder

1977

Cammile Adams

77.3

Sport: Swimming
Career: 2010–2016
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 70.0

Athlete: Cammile Adams

1978

Bob Griese

77.3

Sport: American Football
Career: 1967–1980
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Bob Griese

#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1866	Andy Robustelli	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1951–1964	77.7
1873	Shawn Porter	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2008–2021	77.6
1875	Robin Yount	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1993	77.6
1877	Naomi Girma	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2022–active	77.6
1880	Fidel LaBarba	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1924–1933	77.6
1883	Willie Roaf	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2005	77.6
1886	Sidney Wood	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1927–1945	77.6
1895	Lawrence Taylor	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1981–1993	77.5
1898	Christy Martin	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1989–2012	77.5
1899	Rasheed Wallace	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1995–2013	77.5
1900	Marcus Allen	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1982–1997	77.5
1901	Night Train Lane	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1952–1965	77.5
1902	Kathleen Baker	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2013–2021	77.5
1905	Jim Palmer	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1984	77.5
1910	Eddie Collins	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1906–1930	77.5
1911	Jonathan Ogden	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2007	77.5
1912	Eric Dickerson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1983–1993	77.5
1913	Bobby Layne	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1948–1962	77.5
1914	Carl Eller	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1964–1979	77.5
1915	John Randle	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2003	77.5
1918	Mike Ditka	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1972	77.5
1922	Coby Carrozza	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2018–active	77.5
1925	Tiger Woods	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1996–active	77.4
1927	Jim Brown	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1957–1965	77.4
1929	Brett Favre	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1991–2010	77.4
1930	Jack Ham	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1982	77.4
1931	Antonio Gates	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2003–2018	77.4
1936	Earnie Shavers	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1969–1995	77.4
1937	Ronde Barber	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2012	77.4
1939	Gaylord Perry	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1983	77.4
1940	Derrick Henry	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2016–active	77.4
1941	Freddie Freeman	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	2010–active	77.4
1942	Shawn Kemp	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1989–2003	77.4
1947	Buck Buchanan	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1975	77.4
1948	Yale Lary	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1952–1964	77.4
1949	Ron Mix	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1971	77.4
1951	Rod Langway	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1978–1993	77.4
1952	Jim Langer	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1981	77.4
1953	Dick LeBeau	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1959–1972	77.4
1956	Lou Gehrig	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1923–1939	77.3
1959	David Thompson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1975–1984	77.3
1960	Blake Griffin	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2009–2023	77.3
1961	Bob Feller	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1936–1956	77.3
1965	Isaac Bruce	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2009	77.3
1966	Ray Guy	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1973–1986	77.3
1968	Dave Winfield	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1973–1995	77.3
1975	Lenny Moore	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1967	77.3
1976	Ted Schroeder	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1939–1954	77.3
1977	Cammile Adams	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2010–2016	77.3
1978	Bob Griese	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1980	77.3

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