- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1913–1926
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 92.0
- Statistics
- 96.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
GOAT Rank · 71
Greatest Athletes who debuted in the 1910s
This ranking is led by Harry Greb, Herbert Sutcliffe and Bill Tilden. GOAT Rank currently ranks 71 eligible athletes who debuted in the 1910s using verified career records across dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.
Quick answer
According to GOAT Rank's current model, Harry Greb ranks #1 on this list with a GOAT Score of 87.7.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →#AthleteGOAT Score
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1919–1945
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 98.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Tennis
- Career
- 1912–1946
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 94.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 94.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Basketball
- Career
- 1917–1939
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1916–1936
- Country
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1919–1940
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Tennis
- Career
- 1919–1938
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 94.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Swimming
- Career
- 1911–1932
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1912–1922
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Basketball
- Career
- 1919–1942
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1910–1928
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Basketball
- Career
- 1916–1933
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Basketball
- Career
- 1910–1932
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Baseball
- Career
- 1914–1935
- Country
- 🇺🇸 USA
- Peak
- 99.0
- Dominance
- 100.0
- Statistics
- 97.0
- Honours
- 94.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1915–1928
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1914–1927
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1912–1930
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Tennis
- Career
- 1919–1926
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 94.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 62.0
- Sport
- Baseball
- Career
- 1915–1941
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 94.0
- Statistics
- 96.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1918–1927
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1917–1936
- Country
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Baseball
- Career
- 1911–1930
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 92.0
- Statistics
- 96.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1912–1934
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1919–1925
- Country
- 🇵🇭 Philippines
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 58.0
- Sport
- Tennis
- Career
- 1914–1932
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1912–1928
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1912–1929
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1910–1935
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1917–1943
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 94.0
- Sport
- Tennis
- Career
- 1912–1926
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1914–1930
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Baseball
- Career
- 1915–1937
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 95.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 96.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1918–1928
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Baseball
- Career
- 1917–1938
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1916–1933
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Tennis
- Career
- 1912–1926
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Baseball
- Career
- 1918–1944
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1912–1928
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Tennis
- Career
- 1913–1919
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 66.0
- Sport
- Baseball
- Career
- 1919–1937
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1910–1924
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1917–1930
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1919–1931
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 93.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1917–1929
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Baseball
- Career
- 1914–1932
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1913–1923
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1917–1932
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Tennis
- Career
- 1915–1927
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 72.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1915–1929
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1919–1938
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
| # | Athlete | Sport | Country | Career | GOAT Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | Harry Greb | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1913–1926 | 87.7 |
| 381 | Herbert Sutcliffe | Cricket | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1919–1945 | 85.4 |
| 387 | Bill Tilden | Tennis | 🇺🇸 United States | 1912–1946 | 85.4 |
| 448 | Dutch Dehnert | Basketball | 🇺🇸 United States | 1917–1939 | 85.0 |
| 482 | Ricardo Zamora | Football | 🇪🇸 Spain | 1916–1936 | 84.8 |
| 528 | Young Corbett III | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1919–1940 | 84.5 |
| 565 | Helen Wills Moody | Tennis | 🇺🇸 United States | 1919–1938 | 84.2 |
| 574 | Duke Kahanamoku | Swimming | 🇺🇸 United States | 1911–1932 | 84.2 |
| 718 | Pete Herman | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1912–1922 | 83.4 |
| 731 | Bennie Borgmann | Basketball | 🇺🇸 United States | 1919–1942 | 83.3 |
| 817 | Eugène Criqui | Boxing | 🇫🇷 France | 1910–1928 | 82.9 |
| 956 | Nat Holman | Basketball | 🇺🇸 United States | 1916–1933 | 82.2 |
| 1079 | John Beckman | Basketball | 🇺🇸 United States | 1910–1932 | 81.6 |
| 1107 | Babe Ruth | Baseball | 🇺🇸 USA | 1914–1935 | 81.4 |
| 1185 | Gene Tunney | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1915–1928 | 81.0 |
| 1202 | Jack Dempsey | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1914–1927 | 80.9 |
| 1350 | Clint Benedict | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1912–1930 | 80.2 |
| 1401 | Suzanne Lenglen | Tennis | 🇫🇷 France | 1919–1926 | 79.8 |
| 1433 | Oscar Charleston | Baseball | 🇺🇸 United States | 1915–1941 | 79.7 |
| 1462 | Tiger Flowers | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1918–1927 | 79.6 |
| 1520 | Roger Blunt | Cricket | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 1917–1936 | 79.3 |
| 1600 | Grover Cleveland Alexander | Baseball | 🇺🇸 United States | 1911–1930 | 78.9 |
| 1651 | Ted Bowley | Cricket | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1912–1934 | 78.7 |
| 1667 | Pancho Villa | Boxing | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 1919–1925 | 78.6 |
| 1722 | Gerald Patterson | Tennis | 🇦🇺 Australia | 1914–1932 | 78.3 |
| 1772 | Hap Holmes | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1912–1928 | 78.1 |
| 1790 | Punch Broadbent | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1912–1929 | 78.0 |
| 1818 | Arthur Carr | Cricket | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1910–1935 | 77.9 |
| 1858 | Frank Calder | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1917–1943 | 77.7 |
| 1992 | R. Norris Williams | Tennis | 🇺🇸 United States | 1912–1926 | 77.2 |
| 2003 | Mickey MacKay | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1914–1930 | 77.2 |
| 2044 | Rogers Hornsby | Baseball | 🇺🇸 United States | 1915–1937 | 77.0 |
| 2057 | Sprague Cleghorn | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1918–1928 | 77.0 |
| 2063 | Bullet Rogan | Baseball | 🇺🇸 United States | 1917–1938 | 76.9 |
| 2095 | Reg Noble | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1916–1933 | 76.8 |
| 2235 | Pat O'Hara Wood | Tennis | 🇦🇺 Australia | 1912–1926 | 76.2 |
| 2279 | Mule Suttles | Baseball | 🇺🇸 United States | 1918–1944 | 76.0 |
| 2345 | Frank Foyston | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1912–1928 | 75.9 |
| 2365 | Robert Lindley Murray | Tennis | 🇺🇸 United States | 1913–1919 | 75.8 |
| 2376 | Frankie Frisch | Baseball | 🇺🇸 United States | 1919–1937 | 75.7 |
| 2424 | Jack Darragh | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1910–1924 | 75.5 |
| 2468 | Frank Nighbor | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1917–1930 | 75.3 |
| 2477 | Babe Dye | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1919–1931 | 75.3 |
| 2498 | Cy Denneny | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1917–1929 | 75.2 |
| 2540 | Harry Heilmann | Baseball | 🇺🇸 United States | 1914–1932 | 75.0 |
| 2552 | Eddie Gerard | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1913–1923 | 75.0 |
| 2572 | Georges Boucher | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1917–1932 | 74.9 |
| 2583 | Bill Johnston | Tennis | 🇺🇸 United States | 1915–1927 | 74.8 |
| 2602 | Duke Keats | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1915–1929 | 74.7 |
| 2627 | Hubert Ashton | Cricket | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1919–1938 | 74.6 |
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Five verified components are weighted consistently: dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.
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