- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1998–2021
- Country
- 🇯🇲 Jamaica
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
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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- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1997–2013
- Country
- 🇵🇹 Portugal
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1993–2005
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Swimming
- Career
- 1990–2000
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1990–2007
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1997–2013
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1994–2015
- Country
- 🇬🇾 Guyana
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 96.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 96.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1996–2016
- Country
- 🏴 England
- Peak
- 87.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1993–2013
- Country
- 🏴 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1993–2015
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1991–2001
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1992–2006
- Country
- 🇲🇦 Morocco
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1998–2011
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1990–2000
- Country
- 🇩🇿 Algeria
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1997–2016
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Swimming
- Career
- 1994–2008
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Swimming
- Career
- 1996–2016
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1993–2012
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1990–2007
- Country
- 🏴 West Indies
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 93.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Basketball
- Career
- 1997–2013
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Basketball
- Career
- 1996–2013
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1999–2014
- Country
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1998–2016
- Country
- 🏴 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1992–2013
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Peak
- 89.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1997–2013
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1990–2009
- Country
- 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 85.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Swimming
- Career
- 1998–2012
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1998–2015
- Country
- 🇧🇾 Belarus
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1992–2015
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1994–2009
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Peak
- 87.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1991–2007
- Country
- 🇵🇰 Pakistan
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1995–2008
- Country
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1998–2021
- Country
- 🇮🇳 India
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1997–2018
- Country
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Basketball
- Career
- 1997–2013
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1999–2018
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 87.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1992–2014
- Country
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 96.0
- Sport
- Basketball
- Career
- 1996–2015
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1995–2015
- Country
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1999–active
- Country
- 🇨🇴 Colombia
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1997–2008
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1994–2010
- Country
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 85.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Swimming
- Career
- 1997–2012
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Swimming
- Career
- 1999–2016
- Country
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1994–2007
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1996–2014
- Country
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Swimming
- Career
- 1990–2000
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1997–2019
- Country
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1998–2023
- Country
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Basketball
- Career
- 1995–2010
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
| # | Athlete | Sport | Country | Career | GOAT Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 568 | Chris Gayle | Cricket | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 1998–2021 | 84.2 |
| 573 | Deco | Football | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 1997–2013 | 84.2 |
| 579 | Shannon MacMillan | Football | 🇺🇸 United States | 1993–2005 | 84.2 |
| 592 | Kieren Perkins | Swimming | 🇦🇺 Australia | 1990–2000 | 84.1 |
| 599 | Malin Andersson | Football | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1990–2007 | 84.1 |
| 613 | Tatyana Lebedeva | Athletics | 🇷🇺 Russia | 1997–2013 | 84.0 |
| 617 | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | Cricket | 🇬🇾 Guyana | 1994–2015 | 84.0 |
| 620 | Rachel Yankey | Football | 🏴 England | 1996–2016 | 84.0 |
| 622 | Paul Scholes | Football | 🏴 United Kingdom | 1993–2013 | 83.9 |
| 626 | David Trezeguet | Football | 🇫🇷 France | 1993–2015 | 83.9 |
| 634 | Donovan Bailey | Athletics | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1991–2001 | 83.9 |
| 639 | Hicham El Guerrouj | Athletics | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 1992–2006 | 83.8 |
| 644 | Claire Taylor | Cricket | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1998–2011 | 83.8 |
| 646 | Nourredine Morceli | Athletics | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 1990–2000 | 83.8 |
| 651 | Sandrine Soubeyrand | Football | 🇫🇷 France | 1997–2016 | 83.8 |
| 663 | Antje Buschschulte | Swimming | 🇩🇪 Germany | 1994–2008 | 83.7 |
| 671 | Grant Hackett | Swimming | 🇦🇺 Australia | 1996–2016 | 83.6 |
| 672 | Christine Arron | Athletics | 🇫🇷 France | 1993–2012 | 83.6 |
| 685 | Brian Lara | Cricket | 🏴 West Indies | 1990–2007 | 83.5 |
| 687 | Tina Thompson | Basketball | 🇺🇸 United States | 1997–2013 | 83.5 |
| 688 | Katie Smith | Basketball | 🇺🇸 United States | 1996–2013 | 83.5 |
| 692 | Graeme Smith | Cricket | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 1999–2014 | 83.5 |
| 707 | Steven Gerrard | Football | 🏴 United Kingdom | 1998–2016 | 83.4 |
| 708 | Ricky Ponting | Cricket | 🇦🇺 Australia | 1992–2013 | 83.4 |
| 715 | Sonia Bompastor | Football | 🇫🇷 France | 1997–2013 | 83.4 |
| 722 | Dwight Yorke | Football | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | 1990–2009 | 83.4 |
| 744 | Leisel Jones | Swimming | 🇦🇺 Australia | 1998–2012 | 83.2 |
| 747 | Nadzeya Astapchuk | Athletics | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 1998–2015 | 83.2 |
| 748 | Robert Pirès | Football | 🇫🇷 France | 1992–2015 | 83.2 |
| 755 | Cheryl Salisbury | Football | 🇦🇺 Australia | 1994–2009 | 83.2 |
| 759 | Inzamam-ul-Haq | Cricket | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 1991–2007 | 83.1 |
| 760 | Shaun Pollock | Cricket | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 1995–2008 | 83.1 |
| 761 | Harbhajan Singh | Cricket | 🇮🇳 India | 1998–2021 | 83.1 |
| 767 | Júlio César | Football | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 1997–2018 | 83.1 |
| 772 | Tracy McGrady | Basketball | 🇺🇸 United States | 1997–2013 | 83.1 |
| 774 | Kim Källström | Football | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1999–2018 | 83.1 |
| 780 | Javier Zanetti | Football | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 1992–2014 | 83.0 |
| 781 | Steve Nash | Basketball | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1996–2015 | 83.0 |
| 783 | Mahela Jayawardene | Cricket | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 1995–2015 | 83.0 |
| 788 | Radamel Falcao | Football | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 1999–active | 83.0 |
| 793 | Nia Künzer | Football | 🇩🇪 Germany | 1997–2008 | 83.0 |
| 794 | Giovanni van Bronckhorst | Football | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 1994–2010 | 83.0 |
| 798 | Ian Thorpe | Swimming | 🇦🇺 Australia | 1997–2012 | 82.9 |
| 801 | Kosuke Kitajima | Swimming | 🇯🇵 Japan | 1999–2016 | 82.9 |
| 806 | Regina Halmich | Boxing | 🇩🇪 Germany | 1994–2007 | 82.9 |
| 812 | Juan Román Riquelme | Football | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 1996–2014 | 82.9 |
| 815 | Susie O'Neill | Swimming | 🇦🇺 Australia | 1990–2000 | 82.9 |
| 832 | Marcela Acuña | Boxing | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 1997–2019 | 82.8 |
| 833 | Mariana Juárez | Boxing | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 1998–2023 | 82.8 |
| 857 | Chamique Holdsclaw | Basketball | 🇺🇸 United States | 1995–2010 | 82.7 |
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How is this ranking calculated?
Five verified components are weighted consistently: dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.
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