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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2210

Arky Vaughan

76.3

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1932–1948
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Arky Vaughan

2214

Warren Moon

76.3

Sport: American Football
Career: 1978–2000
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Warren Moon

2216

Terry Bradshaw

76.3

Sport: American Football
Career: 1970–1983
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Terry Bradshaw

2217

Lance Alworth

76.3

Sport: American Football
Career: 1962–1972
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 76.0

Athlete: Lance Alworth

2219

Jack Christiansen

76.3

Sport: American Football
Career: 1951–1958
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Jack Christiansen

2220

Elvin Bethea

76.3

Sport: American Football
Career: 1968–1983
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Elvin Bethea

2226

Ray Lewis

76.2

Sport: American Football
Career: 1996–2012
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 89.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 87.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Ray Lewis

2229

Chris Webber

76.2

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1993–2008
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 70.0
Longevity: 76.0

Athlete: Chris Webber

2230

Andre Johnson

76.2

Sport: American Football
Career: 2003–2016
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Andre Johnson

2234

Alan Trammell

76.2

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1977–1996
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Alan Trammell

2237

Larry Csonka

76.2

Sport: American Football
Career: 1968–1979
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Larry Csonka

2238

Pete Pihos

76.2

Sport: American Football
Career: 1947–1955
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 76.0

Athlete: Pete Pihos

2244

Mickey Mantle

76.1

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1951–1968
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 93.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Mickey Mantle

2245

Mike Schmidt

76.1

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1972–1989
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Mike Schmidt

2246

Barry Sanders

76.1

Sport: American Football
Career: 1989–1998
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Barry Sanders

2247

Steve Young

76.1

Sport: American Football
Career: 1984–1999
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Steve Young

2250

Rube Foster

76.1

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1902–1926
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Rube Foster

2251

Chuck Howley

76.1

Sport: American Football
Career: 1958–1973
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Chuck Howley

2253

Billy Hamilton

76.1

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1888–1901
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Billy Hamilton

2254

Willard Brown

76.1

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1935–1958
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Willard Brown

2255

Johnny Blood

76.1

Sport: American Football
Career: 1925–1939
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Johnny Blood

2257

Ed Delahanty

76.1

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1888–1903
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Ed Delahanty

2258

Willie Wells

76.1

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1924–1949
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Willie Wells

2260

Marty Friedman

76.1

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1909–1927
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 72.0
Honours: 72.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Marty Friedman

2262

Michael Irvin

76.1

Sport: American Football
Career: 1988–1999
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Michael Irvin

2263

Sarah Gibson

76.1

Sport: Swimming
Career: 2013–2019
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 70.0

Athlete: Sarah Gibson

2264

Guy Chamberlin

76.1

Sport: American Football
Career: 1920–1927
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Guy Chamberlin

2270

Derek Jeter

76.0

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1992–2014
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Derek Jeter

2271

Junior Seau

76.0

Sport: American Football
Career: 1990–2009
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Junior Seau

2272

Tris Speaker

76.0

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1907–1928
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Tris Speaker

2273

Earl Lloyd

76.0

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1950–1960
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 82.0
Dominance: 70.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Earl Lloyd

2275

Kevin Mawae

76.0

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

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 92.0

Athlete: Kevin Mawae

2276

Roger Connor

76.0

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1880–1897
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Roger Connor

2277

Steve McMichael

76.0

Sport: American Football
Career: 1980–1994
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Steve McMichael

2278

Davante Adams

76.0

Sport: American Football
Career: 2014–active
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Davante Adams

2279

Mule Suttles

76.0

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1918–1944
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Mule Suttles

2281

Summer Sanders

76.0

Sport: Swimming
Career: 1988–1994
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 66.0

Athlete: Summer Sanders

2283

Franchón Crews-Dezurn

76.0

Sport: Boxing
Career: 2016–active
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Franchón Crews-Dezurn

2285

Ellsworth Vines

76.0

Sport: Tennis
Career: 1930–1940
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 66.0

Athlete: Ellsworth Vines

2286

Lefty Grove

76.0

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1925–1941
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 96.0
Dominance: 90.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Lefty Grove

2288

Willie Lanier

76.0

Sport: American Football
Career: 1967–1977
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Willie Lanier

2289

Orlando Pace

76.0

Sport: American Football
Career: 1997–2009
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Orlando Pace

2290

Dan Fortmann

76.0

Sport: American Football
Career: 1936–1943
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Dan Fortmann

2291

Harry Carson

76.0

Sport: American Football
Career: 1976–1988
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Harry Carson

2292

Len Ford

76.0

Sport: American Football
Career: 1948–1958
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Len Ford

2298

Bill Barrett

76.0

Sport: Swimming
Career: 1978–1984
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 72.0

Athlete: Bill Barrett

2300

Brett Hull

75.9

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1986–2005
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Brett Hull

2301

Chris Chelios

75.9

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1983–2010
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 98.0

Athlete: Chris Chelios

2303

Alex Rodriguez

75.9

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1994–2016
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Alex Rodriguez

2304

Joe DiMaggio

75.9

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1936–1951
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Joe DiMaggio

#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
2210	Arky Vaughan	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1932–1948	76.3
2214	Warren Moon	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1978–2000	76.3
2216	Terry Bradshaw	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1983	76.3
2217	Lance Alworth	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1972	76.3
2219	Jack Christiansen	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1951–1958	76.3
2220	Elvin Bethea	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1968–1983	76.3
2226	Ray Lewis	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2012	76.2
2229	Chris Webber	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2008	76.2
2230	Andre Johnson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2003–2016	76.2
2234	Alan Trammell	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1977–1996	76.2
2237	Larry Csonka	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1968–1979	76.2
2238	Pete Pihos	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1947–1955	76.2
2244	Mickey Mantle	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1951–1968	76.1
2245	Mike Schmidt	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1972–1989	76.1
2246	Barry Sanders	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1989–1998	76.1
2247	Steve Young	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1984–1999	76.1
2250	Rube Foster	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1902–1926	76.1
2251	Chuck Howley	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1973	76.1
2253	Billy Hamilton	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1888–1901	76.1
2254	Willard Brown	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1935–1958	76.1
2255	Johnny Blood	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1925–1939	76.1
2257	Ed Delahanty	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1888–1903	76.1
2258	Willie Wells	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1924–1949	76.1
2260	Marty Friedman	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1909–1927	76.1
2262	Michael Irvin	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1988–1999	76.1
2263	Sarah Gibson	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2013–2019	76.1
2264	Guy Chamberlin	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1920–1927	76.1
2270	Derek Jeter	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1992–2014	76.0
2271	Junior Seau	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2009	76.0
2272	Tris Speaker	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1907–1928	76.0
2273	Earl Lloyd	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1950–1960	76.0
2275	Kevin Mawae	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2009	76.0
2276	Roger Connor	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1880–1897	76.0
2277	Steve McMichael	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1980–1994	76.0
2278	Davante Adams	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2014–active	76.0
2279	Mule Suttles	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1918–1944	76.0
2281	Summer Sanders	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1988–1994	76.0
2283	Franchón Crews-Dezurn	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2016–active	76.0
2285	Ellsworth Vines	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1930–1940	76.0
2286	Lefty Grove	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1925–1941	76.0
2288	Willie Lanier	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1977	76.0
2289	Orlando Pace	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2009	76.0
2290	Dan Fortmann	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1936–1943	76.0
2291	Harry Carson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1988	76.0
2292	Len Ford	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1948–1958	76.0
2298	Bill Barrett	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1978–1984	76.0
2300	Brett Hull	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1986–2005	75.9
2301	Chris Chelios	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1983–2010	75.9
2303	Alex Rodriguez	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2016	75.9
2304	Joe DiMaggio	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1936–1951	75.9

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