- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2013–active
- Country
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Peak
- 97.0
- Dominance
- 98.0
- Statistics
- 93.0
- Honours
- 99.0
- Longevity
- 99.0
GOAT Rank · 149
Greatest active Esports Players
This ranking is led by Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok, Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev and Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski. GOAT Rank currently ranks 149 eligible Esports players using verified career records across dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.
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According to GOAT Rank's current model, Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok ranks #1 on this list with a GOAT Score of 97.5.
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- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2014–active
- Country
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine
- Peak
- 99.0
- Dominance
- 94.0
- Statistics
- 97.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2013–active
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2013–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 92.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 94.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2014–active
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2011–active
- Country
- 🇨🇳 China
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2018–active
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 97.0
- Dominance
- 93.0
- Statistics
- 98.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2018–active
- Country
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2018–active
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2015–active
- Country
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2014–active
- Country
- 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2013–active
- Country
- 🇨🇳 China
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2013–active
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2016–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2013–active
- Country
- 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2016–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2013–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2016–active
- Country
- 🇨🇳 China
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2013–active
- Country
- 🇨🇳 China
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2018–active
- Country
- 🇨🇳 China
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2015–active
- Country
- 🇫🇮 Finland
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2015–active
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2019–active
- Country
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 72.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2014–active
- Country
- 🇨🇳 China
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2018–active
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2015–active
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2016–active
- Country
- 🇱🇻 Latvia
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2015–active
- Country
- 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2019–active
- Country
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2016–active
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2019–active
- Country
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2016–active
- Country
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2016–active
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2012–active
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2018–active
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 93.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2018–active
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 93.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2015–active
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2012–active
- Country
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2016–active
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2019–active
- Country
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2015–active
- Country
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2013–active
- Country
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2013–active
- Country
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2016–active
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2013–active
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2019–active
- Country
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2010–active
- Country
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2013–active
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2014–active
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2014–active
- Country
- 🇲🇰 North Macedonia
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
| # | Athlete | Sport | Country | Career | GOAT Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok | Esports | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 2013–active | 97.5 |
| 2 | Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev | Esports | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 2014–active | 91.9 |
| 4 | Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski | Esports | 🇺🇸 United States | 2013–active | 90.9 |
| 6 | Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz | Esports | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2013–active | 90.2 |
| 9 | Keith "NAF" Markovic | Esports | 🇨🇦 Canada | 2014–active | 89.6 |
| 10 | Xu "fy" Linsen | Esports | 🇨🇳 China | 2011–active | 89.3 |
| 12 | Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut | Esports | 🇫🇷 France | 2018–active | 89.0 |
| 15 | ShowMaker | Esports | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 2018–active | 88.8 |
| 16 | Dmitry "sh1ro" Sokolov | Esports | 🇷🇺 Russia | 2018–active | 88.5 |
| 17 | Peanut | Esports | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 2015–active | 88.4 |
| 19 | Nemanja "huNter-" Kovač | Esports | 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2014–active | 88.0 |
| 25 | Lu "Maybe" Yao | Esports | 🇨🇳 China | 2013–active | 87.7 |
| 26 | Ludwig "zai" Wåhlberg | Esports | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2013–active | 87.7 |
| 27 | Benjamin "blameF" Bremer | Esports | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2016–active | 87.6 |
| 28 | MinD_ContRoL | Esports | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 2013–active | 87.6 |
| 29 | Rasmus "Caps" Winther | Esports | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2016–active | 87.5 |
| 31 | device | Esports | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2013–active | 87.4 |
| 32 | Wang "Ame" Chunyu | Esports | 🇨🇳 China | 2016–active | 87.3 |
| 34 | Somnus | Esports | 🇨🇳 China | 2013–active | 87.2 |
| 35 | Chen "Bin" Zebin | Esports | 🇨🇳 China | 2018–active | 87.1 |
| 38 | Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen | Esports | 🇫🇮 Finland | 2015–active | 87.0 |
| 39 | Timothy "autimatic" Ta | Esports | 🇺🇸 United States | 2015–active | 86.9 |
| 40 | Illya "Yatoro" Mulyarchuk | Esports | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 2019–active | 86.8 |
| 41 | Tian "Meiko" Ye | Esports | 🇨🇳 China | 2014–active | 86.7 |
| 42 | Magomed "Collapse" Khalilov | Esports | 🇷🇺 Russia | 2018–active | 86.7 |
| 46 | Kirill "Boombl4" Mikhailov | Esports | 🇷🇺 Russia | 2015–active | 86.6 |
| 47 | Mareks "YEKINDAR" Gaļinskis | Esports | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 2016–active | 86.5 |
| 48 | Nikola "NiKo" Kovač | Esports | 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2015–active | 86.4 |
| 49 | Ryu "Keria" Min-seok | Esports | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 2019–active | 86.4 |
| 50 | Ilya "Perfecto" Zalutskiy | Esports | 🇷🇺 Russia | 2016–active | 86.4 |
| 51 | Valeriy "b1t" Vakhovskiy | Esports | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 2019–active | 86.4 |
| 52 | Park "Ruler" Jae-hyuk | Esports | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 2016–active | 86.3 |
| 54 | Denis "electronic" Sharipov | Esports | 🇷🇺 Russia | 2016–active | 86.2 |
| 55 | Johannes "tabseN" Wodarz | Esports | 🇩🇪 Germany | 2012–active | 86.2 |
| 56 | Larl | Esports | 🇷🇺 Russia | 2018–active | 86.2 |
| 57 | Pure | Esports | 🇷🇺 Russia | 2018–active | 86.2 |
| 59 | Yaroslav "Miposhka" Naidenov | Esports | 🇷🇺 Russia | 2015–active | 86.0 |
| 60 | Adil "ScreaM" Benrlitom | Esports | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 2012–active | 85.8 |
| 66 | Vincent "Brehze" Cayonte | Esports | 🇺🇸 United States | 2016–active | 85.6 |
| 68 | Kim "Canyon" Geon-bu | Esports | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 2019–active | 85.5 |
| 71 | Lee "Scout" Ye-chan | Esports | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 2015–active | 85.4 |
| 72 | Marcin "Jankos" Jankowski | Esports | 🇵🇱 Poland | 2013–active | 85.4 |
| 73 | Fernando "fer" Alvarenga | Esports | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 2013–active | 85.4 |
| 74 | Russel Van Dulken | Esports | 🇨🇦 Canada | 2016–active | 85.3 |
| 78 | KRIMZ | Esports | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2013–active | 85.1 |
| 79 | Lee "Gumayusi" Min-hyeong | Esports | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 2019–active | 85.1 |
| 80 | Danil "Dendi" Ishutin | Esports | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 2010–active | 85.1 |
| 82 | Artour "Arteezy" Babaev | Esports | 🇨🇦 Canada | 2013–active | 84.9 |
| 84 | William "RUSH" Wierzba | Esports | 🇺🇸 United States | 2014–active | 84.8 |
| 88 | Martin "Saksa" Sazdov | Esports | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 2014–active | 84.7 |
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Five verified components are weighted consistently: dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.
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