GOAT Rank · 141

Greatest Athletes who debuted in the 1920s

This ranking is led by Don Bradman, Donald Bradman and Wally Hammond. GOAT Rank currently ranks 141 eligible athletes who debuted in the 1920s using verified career records across dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.

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2802

Bill Foster

73.6

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1923–1938
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Bill Foster

2825

Paul Endacott

73.5

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1921–1928
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 72.0
Honours: 74.0
Longevity: 66.0

Athlete: Paul Endacott

2845

Stretch Murphy

73.3

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1927–1935
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 74.0
Honours: 74.0
Longevity: 66.0

Athlete: Stretch Murphy

2851

Ace Bailey

73.3

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1926–1933
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 72.0

Athlete: Ace Bailey

2863

Ed Healey

73.2

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

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

Athlete: Ed Healey

2887

Joe Guyon

73.1

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

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Joe Guyon

2889

Billy Burch

73.1

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1922–1933
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

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

Athlete: Billy Burch

2905

Viktor Barna

73.0

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1929–1954
Country: 🇭🇺 Hungary

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

Athlete: Viktor Barna

2915

Edgar Moon

72.9

Sport: Tennis
Career: 1925–1936
Country: 🇦🇺 Australia

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 70.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 74.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Edgar Moon

2925

Jim Bottomley

72.8

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1922–1937
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Jim Bottomley

2928

Andy Cooper

72.8

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1920–1941
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Andy Cooper

2930

Carl Hubbell

72.8

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1928–1943
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 76.0

Athlete: Carl Hubbell

2947

Colin Gregory

72.7

Sport: Tennis
Career: 1925–1952
Country: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 66.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 74.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Colin Gregory

2968

Ray Flaherty

72.6

Sport: American Football
Career: 1926–1935
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Ray Flaherty

2978

Henry Cotton

72.5

Sport: Golf
Career: 1926–1957
Country: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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

Athlete: Henry Cotton

3000

Red Badgro

72.3

Sport: American Football
Career: 1927–1936
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Red Badgro

3019

Fritz Pollard

72.2

Sport: American Football
Career: 1920–1926
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 70.0

Athlete: Fritz Pollard

3063

Earl Averill

71.7

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1929–1941
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Earl Averill

3086

Chick Hafey

71.5

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1924–1937
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Chick Hafey

3092

Red Horner

71.5

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1928–1940
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Red Horner

3120

Joe Cronin

71.2

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1926–1945
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Joe Cronin

3139

Gene Sarazen

70.8

Sport: Golf
Career: 1920–1973
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Gene Sarazen

3154

Red Dutton

70.8

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1926–1936
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Red Dutton

3157

Earle Combs

70.7

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1924–1935
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Earle Combs

3163

Geoff Hughes

70.6

Sport: Tennis
Career: 1922–1932
Country: 🇦🇺 Australia

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 66.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 72.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Geoff Hughes

3227

Johnny Goodman

69.9

Sport: Golf
Career: 1927–1950
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Johnny Goodman

3270

Tommy Armour

69.5

Sport: Golf
Career: 1920–1935
Country: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland

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

Athlete: Tommy Armour

3275

Jimmy Conzelman

69.4

Sport: American Football
Career: 1920–1929
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 72.0

Athlete: Jimmy Conzelman

3301

Kiki Cuyler

69.1

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1921–1938
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 76.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Kiki Cuyler

3394

Shorty Green

68.0

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1923–1927
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 66.0

Athlete: Shorty Green

3425

Johnny Farrell

67.6

Sport: Golf
Career: 1922–1950
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Johnny Farrell

3484

Olin Dutra

66.9

Sport: Golf
Career: 1924–1950
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Olin Dutra

3503

Leo Diegel

66.7

Sport: Golf
Career: 1920–1940
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Leo Diegel

3511

Rick Ferrell

66.6

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1929–1947
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 82.0
Dominance: 70.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 74.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Rick Ferrell

3531

Arthur Havers

66.4

Sport: Golf
Career: 1920–1939
Country: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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

Athlete: Arthur Havers

3637

Percival Bromfield

65.4

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1926–1935
Country: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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

Athlete: Percival Bromfield

3817

Tom Creavy

63.5

Sport: Golf
Career: 1928–1940
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 74.0
Longevity: 68.0

Athlete: Tom Creavy

3851

Billy Burke

63.1

Sport: Golf
Career: 1923–1950
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 66.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 70.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Billy Burke

3959

Ernő Földi

61.8

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1928–1939
Country: 🇭🇺 Hungary

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

Athlete: Ernő Földi

4025

Tony Manero

61.0

Sport: Golf
Career: 1929–1950
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 62.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 66.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Tony Manero

4164

Jack Bryan

58.4

Sport: Cricket
Career: 1920–1932
Country: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England

Peak: 68.0
Dominance: 58.0
Statistics: 64.0
Honours: 56.0
Longevity: 66.0

Athlete: Jack Bryan

#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
2802	Bill Foster	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1923–1938	73.6
2825	Paul Endacott	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1921–1928	73.5
2845	Stretch Murphy	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1927–1935	73.3
2851	Ace Bailey	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1926–1933	73.3
2863	Ed Healey	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1920–1927	73.2
2887	Joe Guyon	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1920–1927	73.1
2889	Billy Burch	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1922–1933	73.1
2905	Viktor Barna	Table Tennis	🇭🇺 Hungary	1929–1954	73.0
2915	Edgar Moon	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1925–1936	72.9
2925	Jim Bottomley	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1922–1937	72.8
2928	Andy Cooper	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1920–1941	72.8
2930	Carl Hubbell	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1928–1943	72.8
2947	Colin Gregory	Tennis	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1925–1952	72.7
2968	Ray Flaherty	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1926–1935	72.6
2978	Henry Cotton	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1926–1957	72.5
3000	Red Badgro	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1927–1936	72.3
3019	Fritz Pollard	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1920–1926	72.2
3063	Earl Averill	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1929–1941	71.7
3086	Chick Hafey	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1924–1937	71.5
3092	Red Horner	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1928–1940	71.5
3120	Joe Cronin	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1926–1945	71.2
3139	Gene Sarazen	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1920–1973	70.8
3154	Red Dutton	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1926–1936	70.8
3157	Earle Combs	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1924–1935	70.7
3163	Geoff Hughes	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1922–1932	70.6
3227	Johnny Goodman	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1927–1950	69.9
3270	Tommy Armour	Golf	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	1920–1935	69.5
3275	Jimmy Conzelman	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1920–1929	69.4
3301	Kiki Cuyler	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1921–1938	69.1
3394	Shorty Green	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1923–1927	68.0
3425	Johnny Farrell	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1922–1950	67.6
3484	Olin Dutra	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1924–1950	66.9
3503	Leo Diegel	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1920–1940	66.7
3511	Rick Ferrell	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1929–1947	66.6
3531	Arthur Havers	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1920–1939	66.4
3637	Percival Bromfield	Table Tennis	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1926–1935	65.4
3817	Tom Creavy	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1928–1940	63.5
3851	Billy Burke	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1923–1950	63.1
3959	Ernő Földi	Table Tennis	🇭🇺 Hungary	1928–1939	61.8
4025	Tony Manero	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1929–1950	61.0
4164	Jack Bryan	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1920–1932	58.4

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