- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 2008–active
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
GOAT Rank · 730
Greatest Athletes who debuted in the 2000s
This ranking is led by Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Michael Phelps. GOAT Rank currently ranks 730 eligible athletes who debuted in the 2000s using verified career records across dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.
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According to GOAT Rank's current model, Lionel Messi ranks #1 on this list with a GOAT Score of 97.0.
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- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2001–2007
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2007–active
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 64.0
- Dominance
- 62.0
- Statistics
- 64.0
- Honours
- 58.0
- Longevity
- 68.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2002–active
- Country
- 🇵🇹 Portugal
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2002–2016
- Country
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 2002–active
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 66.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 70.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2005–active
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2000–active
- Country
- 🇹🇼 Chinese Taipei
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2006–active
- Country
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 2007–active
- Country
- 🇹🇼 Taiwan
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 62.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 2008–active
- Country
- 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
- Peak
- 80.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 74.0
- Honours
- 66.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 2000–active
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Peak
- 80.0
- Dominance
- 68.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 68.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 2009–active
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 66.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 70.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2007–2021
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2006–active
- Country
- 🇪🇬 Egypt
- Peak
- 83.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Formula 1
- Career
- 2006–2016
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2005–active
- Country
- 🇵🇹 Portugal
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Formula 1
- Career
- 2000–2017
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 72.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2008–active
- Country
- 🇹🇼 Chinese Taipei
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2007–active
- Country
- 🇨🇳 China
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 72.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2001–2017
- Country
- 🇨🇳 China
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2008–2017
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 2007–active
- Country
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Peak
- 80.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 74.0
- Honours
- 66.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Formula 1
- Career
- 2002–2013
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 70.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2006–active
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2008–active
- Country
- 🇹🇼 Chinese Taipei
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 72.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 2002–2019
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 62.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 62.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Formula 1
- Career
- 2009–2020
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 68.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 62.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Basketball
- Career
- 2009–active
- Country
- 🏳️ International
- Peak
- 69.9
- Dominance
- 54.0
- Statistics
- 74.8
- Honours
- 38.0
- Longevity
- 75.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2002–2019
- Country
- 🇨🇳 China
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 79.0
- Longevity
- 70.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 2000–2018
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 62.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 66.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2008–active
- Country
- 🇹🇼 Chinese Taipei
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 72.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2000–2021
- Country
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
- Peak
- 80.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2002–2014
- Country
- 🇨🇳 China
- Peak
- 83.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2006–active
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 80.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2003–2023
- Country
- 🇨🇳 China
- Peak
- 78.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2004–2021
- Country
- 🇨🇳 China
- Peak
- 80.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 74.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2003–2019
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 79.0
- Dominance
- 68.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2004–2023
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 72.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2006–2021
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2009–active
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 78.0
- Dominance
- 68.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Basketball
- Career
- 2008–active
- Country
- 🏳️ International
- Peak
- 63.8
- Dominance
- 50.9
- Statistics
- 73.8
- Honours
- 38.0
- Longevity
- 75.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2006–active
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 78.0
- Dominance
- 66.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Formula 1
- Career
- 2006–2021
- Country
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 68.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 62.0
- Longevity
- 70.0
- Sport
- Formula 1
- Career
- 2000–2011
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 80.0
- Dominance
- 64.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 58.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 2003–active
- Country
- 🏳️ International
- Peak
- 70.6
- Dominance
- 54.3
- Statistics
- 69.5
- Honours
- 38.0
- Longevity
- 73.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2003–active
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 76.0
- Dominance
- 66.0
- Statistics
- 72.0
- Honours
- 68.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Formula 1
- Career
- 2008–2009
- Country
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 62.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 68.0
- Longevity
- 66.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 2009–active
- Country
- 🏳️ Canada
- Peak
- 71.7
- Dominance
- 57.9
- Statistics
- 74.5
- Honours
- 44.0
- Longevity
- 75.0
- Sport
- Formula 1
- Career
- 2009–2014
- Country
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 62.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 60.0
- Longevity
- 72.0
| # | Athlete | Sport | Country | Career | GOAT Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3843 | Danny Willett | Golf | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 2008–active | 63.2 |
| 3847 | Ksharp | Esports | 🇺🇸 United States | 2001–2007 | 63.2 |
| 3849 | Kosovare Asllani | Football | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2007–active | 63.1 |
| 3869 | Tiago Apolónia | Table Tennis | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 2002–active | 62.9 |
| 3891 | Dang Ye-seo | Table Tennis | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 2002–2016 | 62.6 |
| 3892 | Jason Dufner | Golf | 🇺🇸 United States | 2002–active | 62.6 |
| 3897 | Han Ying | Table Tennis | 🇩🇪 Germany | 2005–active | 62.6 |
| 3911 | Chuang Chih-yuan | Table Tennis | 🇹🇼 Chinese Taipei | 2000–active | 62.4 |
| 3929 | Aruna Quadri | Table Tennis | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 2006–active | 62.2 |
| 3934 | Yani Tseng | Golf | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 2007–active | 62.1 |
| 3963 | Brenda Castillo | Volleyball | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 2008–active | 61.7 |
| 3964 | Adam Scott | Golf | 🇦🇺 Australia | 2000–active | 61.7 |
| 3967 | Adam Hadwin | Golf | 🇨🇦 Canada | 2009–active | 61.7 |
| 3968 | Edouard "SmithZz" Dubourdeaux | Esports | 🇫🇷 France | 2007–2021 | 61.7 |
| 3969 | Omar Assar | Table Tennis | 🇪🇬 Egypt | 2006–active | 61.7 |
| 3979 | Nico Rosberg | Formula 1 | 🇩🇪 Germany | 2006–2016 | 61.5 |
| 3983 | Marcos Freitas | Table Tennis | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 2005–active | 61.5 |
| 3987 | Jenson Button | Formula 1 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 2000–2017 | 61.4 |
| 3988 | Chen Chien-an | Table Tennis | 🇹🇼 Chinese Taipei | 2008–active | 61.4 |
| 4011 | Chen Meng | Table Tennis | 🇨🇳 China | 2007–active | 61.1 |
| 4012 | Li Xiaoxia | Table Tennis | 🇨🇳 China | 2001–2017 | 61.1 |
| 4017 | Sean "seang@res" Gares | Esports | 🇺🇸 United States | 2008–2017 | 61.1 |
| 4020 | Ivan Zaytsev | Volleyball | 🇮🇹 Italy | 2007–active | 61.0 |
| 4022 | Mark Webber | Formula 1 | 🇦🇺 Australia | 2002–2013 | 61.0 |
| 4027 | Emmanuel Lebesson | Table Tennis | 🇫🇷 France | 2006–active | 61.0 |
| 4031 | Chen Szu-yu | Table Tennis | 🇹🇼 Chinese Taipei | 2008–active | 60.9 |
| 4035 | Pelle Edberg | Golf | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2002–2019 | 60.8 |
| 4066 | Romain Grosjean | Formula 1 | 🇫🇷 France | 2009–2020 | 60.2 |
| 4070 | Brook Lopez | Basketball | 🏳️ International | 2009–active | 60.1 |
| 4071 | Zhang Jike | Table Tennis | 🇨🇳 China | 2002–2019 | 60.1 |
| 4078 | Ben Curtis | Golf | 🇺🇸 United States | 2000–2018 | 60.0 |
| 4087 | Cheng I-ching | Table Tennis | 🇹🇼 Chinese Taipei | 2008–active | 59.9 |
| 4088 | Iveta Vacenovská | Table Tennis | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | 2000–2021 | 59.9 |
| 4089 | Xu Yingying | Table Tennis | 🇨🇳 China | 2002–2014 | 59.9 |
| 4109 | Mattias Karlsson | Table Tennis | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2006–active | 59.6 |
| 4116 | Xu Xin | Table Tennis | 🇨🇳 China | 2003–2023 | 59.4 |
| 4141 | Liu Shiwen | Table Tennis | 🇨🇳 China | 2004–2021 | 58.9 |
| 4146 | Patrick Baum | Table Tennis | 🇩🇪 Germany | 2003–2019 | 58.8 |
| 4149 | Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg | Esports | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2004–2023 | 58.7 |
| 4156 | Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund | Esports | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2006–2021 | 58.5 |
| 4168 | Quentin Robinot | Table Tennis | 🇫🇷 France | 2009–active | 58.3 |
| 4183 | Al Horford | Basketball | 🏳️ International | 2008–active | 58.0 |
| 4184 | Ricardo Walther | Table Tennis | 🇩🇪 Germany | 2006–active | 58.0 |
| 4209 | Robert Kubica | Formula 1 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 2006–2021 | 57.5 |
| 4220 | Nick Heidfeld | Formula 1 | 🇩🇪 Germany | 2000–2011 | 57.4 |
| 4243 | Ravi Rampaul | Cricket | 🏳️ International | 2003–active | 56.7 |
| 4247 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | Table Tennis | 🇩🇪 Germany | 2003–active | 56.6 |
| 4248 | Nelson Piquet Jr | Formula 1 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 2008–2009 | 56.6 |
| 4259 | Ryan O'Reilly | Ice Hockey | 🏳️ Canada | 2009–active | 56.1 |
| 4267 | Kamui Kobayashi | Formula 1 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 2009–2014 | 56.0 |
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Five verified components are weighted consistently: dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.
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