#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
828	Mark Johnson	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2006	83.5
829	Tisha Venturini	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1992–2000	81.5
836	Belinda Clark	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1991–2005	84.2
838	Yolanda Griffith	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2009	82.3
841	Brooke Bennett	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2001	80.5
852	Michael Owen	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1996–2013	80.3
870	Glenn McGrath	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1992–2007	84.5
878	Stefan Holm	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1993–2008	83.3
883	Rui Costa	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	1990–2008	82.3
887	Fredrik Ljungberg	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1994–2012	82.2
890	Olof Mellberg	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1995–2013	82.7
891	Solveig Gulbrandsen	Football	🇳🇴 Norway	1998–2013	82.4
900	Juan Manuel Márquez	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	1993–2014	84.4
903	Charles Austin	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2001	82.5
906	James Beckford	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1993–2007	83.7
914	Casey Stoney	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1997–2018	83.0
920	Kumar Sangakkara	Cricket	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1997–2015	85.0
921	Rahul Dravid	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1996–2012	85.4
923	Layla McCarter	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1998–—	84.9
925	Mark Boucher	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	1996–2012	85.3
928	Justin Langer	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1991–2009	85.2
938	Sheryl Swoopes	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2011	81.8
942	Charlotte Edwards	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1996–2016	85.3
943	Pieter van den Hoogenband	Swimming	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1995–2008	81.9
945	Daniel Vettori	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1996–2015	85.6
948	Gary Hall Jr.	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2004	81.9
949	Michael Klim	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1996–2007	81.9
954	Allan Donald	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	1991–2003	82.9
961	Pauleta	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	1993–2008	81.9
962	Ann Wolfe	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2006	81.0
963	Hernán Crespo	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1993–2012	81.3
969	Arturo Gatti	Boxing	🇨🇦 Canada	1991–2007	83.4
980	Daniel Komen	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	1994–2003	80.8
990	Tony Parker	Basketball	🇫🇷 France	1999–2019	83.3
992	Ticha Penicheiro	Basketball	🇵🇹 Portugal	1998–2012	83.1
994	VVS Laxman	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1992–2013	84.1
995	Andrew Strauss	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1998–2012	84.1
997	Anthony Ervin	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1999–2016	82.5
1006	Shahid Afridi	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1995–2018	84.9
1010	Becky Hammon	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1999–2014	82.9
1013	Roy Keane	Football	🇮🇪 Ireland	1990–2006	80.9
1014	Carles Puyol	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1999–2014	81.5
1015	Adam Gilchrist	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1992–2013	83.5
1017	Gary Payton	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2007	82.8
1035	Patrick Vieira	Football	🇫🇷 France	1994–2011	81.4
1037	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1993–2012	80.5
1038	Claude Makélélé	Football	🇫🇷 France	1991–2011	82.1
1043	Sourav Ganguly	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1992–2008	84.5
1045	Andrew Flintoff	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1995–2010	82.5
1055	Beatrice Câșlaru	Swimming	🇷🇴 Romania	1992–2004	82.2

Compare the leaders

Ronaldo Nazário vs Hege Riise

Read the full methodology

Sport lists use the raw In-Sport GOAT Score. Cross-sport lists use the official competition-depth adjustment. No scores are recalculated for this page.

Read the full methodology

Frequently asked questions

How is this ranking calculated?

Five verified components are weighted consistently: dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.

Who is included?

Only verified athletes with sufficient career history, metrics, honours and independent sources are eligible.

Related rankings

Greatest athletes of all time Greatest female of all time Greatest male of all time Greatest Boxing athletes of all time Greatest Swimming athletes of all time Greatest Football athletes of all time Greatest Tennis athletes of all time Greatest Golf athletes of all time Greatest Formula 1 athletes of all time Greatest Esports athletes of all time Greatest Basketball athletes of all time Greatest Baseball athletes of all time