GOAT Rank · 612

Greatest Athletes who debuted in the 1990s

This ranking is led by Ronaldo Nazário, Hege Riise and Rivaldo. GOAT Rank currently ranks 612 eligible athletes who debuted in the 1990s using verified career records across dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.

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According to GOAT Rank's current model, Ronaldo Nazário ranks #1 on this list with a GOAT Score of 92.0.

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3149

Fita Bayisa

70.8

Sport: Athletics
Career: 1990–2000
Country: 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

Peak: 82.0
Dominance: 68.0
Statistics: 74.0
Honours: 72.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Fita Bayisa

3156

Daniel Alfredsson

70.7

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1994–2014
Country: 🇸🇪 Sweden

Peak: 82.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 76.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Daniel Alfredsson

3176

Natalie Cook

70.5

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 1993–2012
Country: 🇦🇺 Australia

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

Athlete: Natalie Cook

3183

Phil Mickelson

70.4

Sport: Golf
Career: 1992–active
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Phil Mickelson

3184

Amélie Mauresmo

70.4

Sport: Tennis
Career: 1993–2009
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 82.0
Dominance: 70.0
Statistics: 76.0
Honours: 74.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Amélie Mauresmo

3194

Andrey Egorchev

70.3

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 1996–2008
Country: 🇷🇺 Russia

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Andrey Egorchev

3195

Retief Goosen

70.2

Sport: Golf
Career: 1990–active
Country: 🇿🇦 South Africa

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

Athlete: Retief Goosen

3196

Virna Dias

70.2

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 1990–2006
Country: 🇧🇷 Brazil

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Virna Dias

3198

Cui Yongmei

70.2

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 1995–2008
Country: 🇨🇳 China

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

Athlete: Cui Yongmei

3200

Sandra Pires

70.2

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 1993–2004
Country: 🇧🇷 Brazil

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

Athlete: Sandra Pires

3205

Laila Ali

70.1

Sport: Boxing
Career: 1999–2007
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 82.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 70.0
Longevity: 58.0

Athlete: Laila Ali

3206

Nikola Grbić

70.1

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 1991–2013
Country: 🇷🇸 Serbia

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

Athlete: Nikola Grbić

3211

Lloy Ball

70.1

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 1994–2011
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Lloy Ball

3213

Danielle Scott-Arruda

70.1

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 1993–2012
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 94.0

Athlete: Danielle Scott-Arruda

3235

Li Na

69.8

Sport: Tennis
Career: 1999–2014
Country: 🇨🇳 China

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 76.0
Honours: 74.0
Longevity: 70.0

Athlete: Li Na

3237

Darren Clarke

69.8

Sport: Golf
Career: 1990–active
Country: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 92.0

Athlete: Darren Clarke

3252

Emanuel Rego

69.7

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 1993–2016
Country: 🇧🇷 Brazil

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Emanuel Rego

3259

Misty May-Treanor

69.6

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 1999–2012
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Misty May-Treanor

3266

Miguel Tejada

69.5

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1997–2013
Country: 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic

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

Athlete: Miguel Tejada

3278

Kurt Warner

69.3

Sport: American Football
Career: 1998–2009
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 66.0

Athlete: Kurt Warner

3296

Kerri Pottharst

69.2

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 1993–2004
Country: 🇦🇺 Australia

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

Athlete: Kerri Pottharst

3306

Regla Torres

69.0

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 1990–2001
Country: 🇨🇺 Cuba

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Regla Torres

3309

David Duval

69.0

Sport: Golf
Career: 1993–2019
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 76.0

Athlete: David Duval

3326

Ana Paula Connelly

68.8

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 1993–2008
Country: 🇧🇷 Brazil

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

Athlete: Ana Paula Connelly

3338

Markus Näslund

68.6

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1991–2009
Country: 🇸🇪 Sweden

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

Athlete: Markus Näslund

3363

Stewart Cink

68.3

Sport: Golf
Career: 1995–active
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Stewart Cink

3364

Eunice Barber

68.3

Sport: Athletics
Career: 1993–2009
Country: 🇫🇷 France

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

Athlete: Eunice Barber

3380

Shigeki Maruyama

68.1

Sport: Golf
Career: 1992–2015
Country: 🇯🇵 Japan

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

Athlete: Shigeki Maruyama

3427

Anders Hansen

67.6

Sport: Golf
Career: 1996–2018
Country: 🇩🇰 Denmark

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 76.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Anders Hansen

3436

Se Ri Pak

67.4

Sport: Golf
Career: 1996–2016
Country: 🇰🇷 South Korea

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Se Ri Pak

3437

Yekaterina Gamova

67.4

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 1998–2016
Country: 🇷🇺 Russia

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

Athlete: Yekaterina Gamova

3440

Ma Lin

67.4

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1998–2013
Country: 🇨🇳 China

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Ma Lin

3462

Sérgio Santos

67.1

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 1995–2017
Country: 🇧🇷 Brazil

Peak: 82.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Sérgio Santos

3464

Manon Rhéaume

67.1

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1991–2000
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 76.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 66.0

Athlete: Manon Rhéaume

3477

Érika Coimbra

67.0

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 1995–2012
Country: 🇧🇷 Brazil

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Érika Coimbra

3478

Ana Paula Henkel

67.0

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 1990–2008
Country: 🇧🇷 Brazil

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 76.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Ana Paula Henkel

3491

Alex Čejka

66.8

Sport: Golf
Career: 1992–active
Country: 🇩🇪 Germany

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 70.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 74.0
Longevity: 94.0

Athlete: Alex Čejka

3493

Eric Fonoimoana

66.8

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 1992–2007
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 76.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Eric Fonoimoana

3494

Kalinikos Kreanga

66.8

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1990–2016
Country: 🇬🇷 Greece

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

Athlete: Kalinikos Kreanga

3498

Ivan Miljković

66.7

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 1996–2016
Country: 🇷🇸 Serbia

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Ivan Miljković

3510

Peter Hanson

66.6

Sport: Golf
Career: 1998–2019
Country: 🇸🇪 Sweden

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Peter Hanson

3526

Cristie Kerr

66.4

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

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 76.0
Longevity: 92.0

Athlete: Cristie Kerr

3528

Chen Qi

66.4

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1999–2013
Country: 🇨🇳 China

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Chen Qi

3534

Tom Hoff

66.4

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 1996–2009
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 76.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Tom Hoff

3536

Dain Blanton

66.4

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 1994–2008
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 76.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Dain Blanton

3537

Jacques Villeneuve

66.4

Sport: Formula 1
Career: 1994–2006
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 76.0

Athlete: Jacques Villeneuve

3541

Catriona Matthew

66.3

Sport: Golf
Career: 1994–active
Country: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Catriona Matthew

3553

Thomas Bjørn

66.2

Sport: Golf
Career: 1993–active
Country: 🇩🇰 Denmark

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Thomas Bjørn

3559

Sergey Tetyukhin

66.1

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 1993–2018
Country: 🇷🇺 Russia

Peak: 80.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 74.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Sergey Tetyukhin

3560

Ryu Seung-min

66.1

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1999–2014
Country: 🇰🇷 South Korea

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Ryu Seung-min

#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
3149	Fita Bayisa	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	1990–2000	70.8
3156	Daniel Alfredsson	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	1994–2014	70.7
3176	Natalie Cook	Volleyball	🇦🇺 Australia	1993–2012	70.5
3183	Phil Mickelson	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1992–active	70.4
3184	Amélie Mauresmo	Tennis	🇫🇷 France	1993–2009	70.4
3194	Andrey Egorchev	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1996–2008	70.3
3195	Retief Goosen	Golf	🇿🇦 South Africa	1990–active	70.2
3196	Virna Dias	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1990–2006	70.2
3198	Cui Yongmei	Volleyball	🇨🇳 China	1995–2008	70.2
3200	Sandra Pires	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1993–2004	70.2
3205	Laila Ali	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1999–2007	70.1
3206	Nikola Grbić	Volleyball	🇷🇸 Serbia	1991–2013	70.1
3211	Lloy Ball	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2011	70.1
3213	Danielle Scott-Arruda	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2012	70.1
3235	Li Na	Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1999–2014	69.8
3237	Darren Clarke	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1990–active	69.8
3252	Emanuel Rego	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1993–2016	69.7
3259	Misty May-Treanor	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1999–2012	69.6
3266	Miguel Tejada	Baseball	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	1997–2013	69.5
3278	Kurt Warner	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2009	69.3
3296	Kerri Pottharst	Volleyball	🇦🇺 Australia	1993–2004	69.2
3306	Regla Torres	Volleyball	🇨🇺 Cuba	1990–2001	69.0
3309	David Duval	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2019	69.0
3326	Ana Paula Connelly	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1993–2008	68.8
3338	Markus Näslund	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	1991–2009	68.6
3363	Stewart Cink	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1995–active	68.3
3364	Eunice Barber	Athletics	🇫🇷 France	1993–2009	68.3
3380	Shigeki Maruyama	Golf	🇯🇵 Japan	1992–2015	68.1
3427	Anders Hansen	Golf	🇩🇰 Denmark	1996–2018	67.6
3436	Se Ri Pak	Golf	🇰🇷 South Korea	1996–2016	67.4
3437	Yekaterina Gamova	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1998–2016	67.4
3440	Ma Lin	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1998–2013	67.4
3462	Sérgio Santos	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1995–2017	67.1
3464	Manon Rhéaume	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1991–2000	67.1
3477	Érika Coimbra	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1995–2012	67.0
3478	Ana Paula Henkel	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1990–2008	67.0
3491	Alex Čejka	Golf	🇩🇪 Germany	1992–active	66.8
3493	Eric Fonoimoana	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1992–2007	66.8
3494	Kalinikos Kreanga	Table Tennis	🇬🇷 Greece	1990–2016	66.8
3498	Ivan Miljković	Volleyball	🇷🇸 Serbia	1996–2016	66.7
3510	Peter Hanson	Golf	🇸🇪 Sweden	1998–2019	66.6
3526	Cristie Kerr	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1996–active	66.4
3528	Chen Qi	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1999–2013	66.4
3534	Tom Hoff	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2009	66.4
3536	Dain Blanton	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2008	66.4
3537	Jacques Villeneuve	Formula 1	🇨🇦 Canada	1994–2006	66.4
3541	Catriona Matthew	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1994–active	66.3
3553	Thomas Bjørn	Golf	🇩🇰 Denmark	1993–active	66.2
3559	Sergey Tetyukhin	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1993–2018	66.1
3560	Ryu Seung-min	Table Tennis	🇰🇷 South Korea	1999–2014	66.1

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