GOAT Rank · 69

Greatest Athletes who debuted in the 1900s

This ranking is led by Abe Attell, Ray Ewry and Jack Hobbs. GOAT Rank currently ranks 69 eligible athletes who debuted in the 1900s using verified career records across dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.

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According to GOAT Rank's current model, Abe Attell ranks #1 on this list with a GOAT Score of 86.7.

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245

Abe Attell

86.7

Sport: Boxing
Career: 1900–1917
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Abe Attell

403

Ray Ewry

85.3

Sport: Athletics
Career: 1900–1908
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 96.0
Dominance: 94.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 72.0

Athlete: Ray Ewry

417

Jack Hobbs

85.2

Sport: Cricket
Career: 1905–1934
Country: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England

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

Athlete: Jack Hobbs

576

Georges Carpentier

84.2

Sport: Boxing
Career: 1908–1926
Country: 🇫🇷 France

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

Athlete: Georges Carpentier

719

Jack Blackburn

83.4

Sport: Boxing
Career: 1901–1923
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Jack Blackburn

785

Jack Dillon

83.0

Sport: Boxing
Career: 1908–1923
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Jack Dillon

1024

Warwick Armstrong

81.9

Sport: Cricket
Career: 1902–1921
Country: 🇦🇺 Australia

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

Athlete: Warwick Armstrong

1182

Mike Gibbons

81.1

Sport: Boxing
Career: 1908–1922
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 76.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Mike Gibbons

1344

Stanley Ketchel

80.2

Sport: Boxing
Career: 1903–1910
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 96.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 62.0

Athlete: Stanley Ketchel

1347

Warren Bardsley

80.2

Sport: Cricket
Career: 1903–1926
Country: 🇦🇺 Australia

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Warren Bardsley

1349

Johnny Douglas

80.2

Sport: Cricket
Career: 1901–1930
Country: 🇬🇧 England

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

Athlete: Johnny Douglas

1364

Ewart Astill

80.1

Sport: Cricket
Career: 1906–1939
Country: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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

Athlete: Ewart Astill

1400

Ty Cobb

79.8

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1905–1928
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 93.0
Dominance: 93.0
Statistics: 97.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 94.0

Athlete: Ty Cobb

1482

Joe Malone

79.5

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1908–1924
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 98.0
Dominance: 94.0
Statistics: 96.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 76.0

Athlete: Joe Malone

1517

Fred Alexander

79.3

Sport: Tennis
Career: 1900–1921
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Fred Alexander

1567

Andy Ducat

79.1

Sport: Cricket
Career: 1906–1931
Country: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Andy Ducat

1595

Walter Johnson

78.9

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1907–1927
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 92.0
Statistics: 95.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Walter Johnson

1803

Pop Lloyd

77.9

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1906–1932
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Pop Lloyd

1848

Jack Marshall

77.8

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1900–1917
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

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

Athlete: Jack Marshall

1888

Walter Brearley

77.6

Sport: Cricket
Career: 1902–1921
Country: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 76.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Walter Brearley

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

1933

Newsy Lalonde

77.4

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1905–1927
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

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

Athlete: Newsy Lalonde

2040

Algernon Kingscote

77.1

Sport: Tennis
Career: 1909–1928
Country: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Algernon Kingscote

2113

William Clothier

76.7

Sport: Tennis
Career: 1900–1914
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: William Clothier

2122

Christy Mathewson

76.6

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1900–1916
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 90.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Christy Mathewson

2150

Gordon Lowe

76.6

Sport: Tennis
Career: 1907–1929
Country: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Gordon Lowe

2187

Anthony Wilding

76.4

Sport: Tennis
Career: 1906–1914
Country: 🇳🇿 New Zealand

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 62.0

Athlete: Anthony Wilding

2188

Norman Brookes

76.4

Sport: Tennis
Career: 1905–1924
Country: 🇦🇺 Australia

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Norman Brookes

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

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

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

2294

Frank McGee

76.0

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1903–1906
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 98.0
Dominance: 94.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 58.0

Athlete: Frank McGee

2338

Tommy Phillips

75.9

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1902–1912
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Tommy Phillips

2339

Paddy Moran

75.9

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1901–1917
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

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

Athlete: Paddy Moran

2346

Moose Johnson

75.9

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1905–1922
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

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

Athlete: Moose Johnson

2353

Mordecai Brown

75.8

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1903–1916
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Mordecai Brown

2414

Home Run Baker

75.5

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1908–1922
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Home Run Baker

2463

James Cecil Parke

75.3

Sport: Tennis
Career: 1904–1920
Country: 🇮🇪 Ireland

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: James Cecil Parke

2465

Jack Crawford

75.3

Sport: Cricket
Career: 1904–1923
Country: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 74.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Jack Crawford

2565

Si Griffis

74.9

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1902–1919
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

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

Athlete: Si Griffis

2594

Maurice McLoughlin

74.7

Sport: Tennis
Career: 1909–1919
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 68.0

Athlete: Maurice McLoughlin

2604

Major Booth

74.7

Sport: Cricket
Career: 1908–1914
Country: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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

Athlete: Major Booth

2614

Chief Bender

74.6

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1903–1925
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Chief Bender

2625

Riley Hern

74.6

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1901–1911
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

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

Athlete: Riley Hern

2660

Billy Gilmour

74.4

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1902–1916
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 76.0

Athlete: Billy Gilmour

2663

Hughie Lehman

74.4

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1908–1928
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Hughie Lehman

2730

Harry Hyland

74.0

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1908–1918
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 76.0

Athlete: Harry Hyland

2738

Tommy Dunderdale

74.0

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1906–1924
Country: 🇦🇺 Australia

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Tommy Dunderdale

2739

Douglas Carr

74.0

Sport: Cricket
Career: 1909–1914
Country: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 66.0

Athlete: Douglas Carr

2748

Johnny Evers

73.9

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1902–1929
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Johnny Evers

#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
245	Abe Attell	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1900–1917	86.7
403	Ray Ewry	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1900–1908	85.3
417	Jack Hobbs	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1905–1934	85.2
576	Georges Carpentier	Boxing	🇫🇷 France	1908–1926	84.2
719	Jack Blackburn	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1901–1923	83.4
785	Jack Dillon	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1908–1923	83.0
1024	Warwick Armstrong	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1902–1921	81.9
1182	Mike Gibbons	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1908–1922	81.1
1344	Stanley Ketchel	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1903–1910	80.2
1347	Warren Bardsley	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1903–1926	80.2
1349	Johnny Douglas	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1901–1930	80.2
1364	Ewart Astill	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1906–1939	80.1
1400	Ty Cobb	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1905–1928	79.8
1482	Joe Malone	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1908–1924	79.5
1517	Fred Alexander	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1900–1921	79.3
1567	Andy Ducat	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1906–1931	79.1
1595	Walter Johnson	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1907–1927	78.9
1803	Pop Lloyd	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1906–1932	77.9
1848	Jack Marshall	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1900–1917	77.8
1888	Walter Brearley	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1902–1921	77.6
1910	Eddie Collins	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1906–1930	77.5
1933	Newsy Lalonde	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1905–1927	77.4
2040	Algernon Kingscote	Tennis	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1909–1928	77.1
2113	William Clothier	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1900–1914	76.7
2122	Christy Mathewson	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1900–1916	76.6
2150	Gordon Lowe	Tennis	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1907–1929	76.6
2187	Anthony Wilding	Tennis	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1906–1914	76.4
2188	Norman Brookes	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1905–1924	76.4
2250	Rube Foster	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1902–1926	76.1
2260	Marty Friedman	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1909–1927	76.1
2272	Tris Speaker	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1907–1928	76.0
2294	Frank McGee	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1903–1906	76.0
2338	Tommy Phillips	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1902–1912	75.9
2339	Paddy Moran	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1901–1917	75.9
2346	Moose Johnson	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1905–1922	75.9
2353	Mordecai Brown	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1903–1916	75.8
2414	Home Run Baker	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1908–1922	75.5
2463	James Cecil Parke	Tennis	🇮🇪 Ireland	1904–1920	75.3
2465	Jack Crawford	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1904–1923	75.3
2565	Si Griffis	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1902–1919	74.9
2594	Maurice McLoughlin	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1909–1919	74.7
2604	Major Booth	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1908–1914	74.7
2614	Chief Bender	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1903–1925	74.6
2625	Riley Hern	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1901–1911	74.6
2660	Billy Gilmour	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1902–1916	74.4
2663	Hughie Lehman	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1908–1928	74.4
2730	Harry Hyland	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1908–1918	74.0
2738	Tommy Dunderdale	Ice Hockey	🇦🇺 Australia	1906–1924	74.0
2739	Douglas Carr	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1909–1914	74.0
2748	Johnny Evers	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1902–1929	73.9

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