- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1984–2003
- Country
- 🇵🇰 Pakistan
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
GOAT Rank · 4154
Greatest male of all time
This ranking is led by Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Michael Phelps. GOAT Rank currently ranks 4154 eligible athletes 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
- Football
- Career
- 1983–2003
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 2000–2022
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 2013–active
- Country
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 70.0
- Sport
- Basketball
- Career
- 1965–1979
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1975–1993
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2003–2019
- Country
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Basketball
- Career
- 1962–1974
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Basketball
- Career
- 1916–1933
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Basketball
- Career
- 1989–2003
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1992–2007
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Basketball
- Career
- 2009–active
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1971–1987
- Country
- 🇮🇳 India
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1978–2000
- Country
- 🇬🇭 Ghana
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1970–1988
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1993–2008
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1882–1899
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1952–1962
- Country
- 🇵🇰 Pakistan
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1990–2008
- Country
- 🇵🇹 Portugal
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1982–1993
- Country
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Basketball
- Career
- 1961–1975
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1994–2012
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1935–1950
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2016–active
- Country
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Peak
- 89.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1995–2013
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2010–2025
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 85.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1980–1997
- Country
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1973–1987
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Basketball
- Career
- 2008–active
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2016–active
- Country
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 91.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 62.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2011–active
- Country
- 🏴 England
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1993–2014
- Country
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1981–1997
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1990–2001
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 2012–active
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Basketball
- Career
- 1930–1946
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1993–2007
- Country
- 🇯🇲 Jamaica
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1962–1983
- Country
- 🏴 England
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1943–1960
- Country
- 🏴 England
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Tennis
- Career
- 1929–1956
- Country
- 🇬🇧 Great Britain
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1986–1998
- Country
- 🏴 England
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1957–1966
- Country
- 🇹🇭 Thailand
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1924–1933
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1935–1944
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1976–1997
- Country
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2002–2019
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Tennis
- Career
- 1986–2006
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 87.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1997–2015
- Country
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1996–2012
- Country
- 🇮🇳 India
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1965–1988
- Country
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
| # | Athlete | Sport | Country | Career | GOAT Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 944 | Wasim Akram | Cricket | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 1984–2003 | 82.2 |
| 945 | Laurent Blanc | Football | 🇫🇷 France | 1983–2003 | 82.2 |
| 946 | Justin Gatlin | Athletics | 🇺🇸 United States | 2000–2022 | 82.2 |
| 948 | Vasyl Lomachenko | Boxing | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 2013–active | 82.2 |
| 950 | Gail Goodrich | Basketball | 🇺🇸 United States | 1965–1979 | 82.2 |
| 951 | David Gower | Cricket | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1975–1993 | 82.2 |
| 952 | Vincent Kompany | Football | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 2003–2019 | 82.2 |
| 955 | Dave DeBusschere | Basketball | 🇺🇸 United States | 1962–1974 | 82.2 |
| 956 | Nat Holman | Basketball | 🇺🇸 United States | 1916–1933 | 82.2 |
| 957 | Tim Hardaway | Basketball | 🇺🇸 United States | 1989–2003 | 82.2 |
| 960 | Glenn McGrath | Cricket | 🇦🇺 Australia | 1992–2007 | 82.1 |
| 961 | James Harden | Basketball | 🇺🇸 United States | 2009–active | 82.1 |
| 962 | Sunil Gavaskar | Cricket | 🇮🇳 India | 1971–1987 | 82.1 |
| 966 | Abedi Pelé | Football | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 1978–2000 | 82.1 |
| 967 | Alain Giresse | Football | 🇫🇷 France | 1970–1988 | 82.1 |
| 968 | Stefan Holm | Athletics | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1993–2008 | 82.1 |
| 969 | Peter Jackson | Boxing | 🇦🇺 Australia | 1882–1899 | 82.1 |
| 970 | Fazal Mahmood | Cricket | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 1952–1962 | 82.1 |
| 971 | Rui Costa | Football | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 1990–2008 | 82.1 |
| 973 | Werner Günthör | Athletics | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 1982–1993 | 82.1 |
| 974 | Walt Bellamy | Basketball | 🇺🇸 United States | 1961–1975 | 82.1 |
| 975 | Fredrik Ljungberg | Football | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1994–2012 | 82.1 |
| 976 | Sammy Angott | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1935–1950 | 82.1 |
| 977 | Federico Chiesa | Football | 🇮🇹 Italy | 2016–active | 82.1 |
| 978 | Olof Mellberg | Football | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1995–2013 | 82.1 |
| 983 | Christian Eriksen | Football | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2010–2025 | 82.1 |
| 984 | Ronald Koeman | Football | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 1980–1997 | 82.0 |
| 985 | Marvelous Marvin Hagler | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1973–1987 | 82.0 |
| 986 | Russell Westbrook | Basketball | 🇺🇸 United States | 2008–active | 82.0 |
| 987 | Erling Haaland | Football | 🇳🇴 Norway | 2016–active | 82.0 |
| 988 | Harry Kane | Football | 🏴 England | 2011–active | 82.0 |
| 989 | Juan Manuel Márquez | Boxing | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 1993–2014 | 82.0 |
| 990 | Patrik Sjöberg | Athletics | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1981–1997 | 82.0 |
| 992 | Charles Austin | Athletics | 🇺🇸 United States | 1990–2001 | 82.0 |
| 993 | Errol Spence Jr | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 2012–active | 82.0 |
| 994 | Jack McCracken | Basketball | 🇺🇸 United States | 1930–1946 | 82.0 |
| 995 | James Beckford | Athletics | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 1993–2007 | 82.0 |
| 996 | Alan Ball | Football | 🏴 England | 1962–1983 | 82.0 |
| 997 | Jackie Milburn | Football | 🏴 England | 1943–1960 | 82.0 |
| 999 | Fred Perry | Tennis | 🇬🇧 Great Britain | 1929–1956 | 82.0 |
| 1000 | Roger Black | Athletics | 🏴 England | 1986–1998 | 82.0 |
| 1001 | Pone Kingpetch | Boxing | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 1957–1966 | 82.0 |
| 1002 | Jackie Fields | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1924–1933 | 82.0 |
| 1003 | Eddie Booker | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1935–1944 | 82.0 |
| 1008 | Hugo Sánchez | Football | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 1976–1997 | 81.9 |
| 1009 | Bastian Schweinsteiger | Football | 🇩🇪 Germany | 2002–2019 | 81.9 |
| 1010 | Andre Agassi | Tennis | 🇺🇸 United States | 1986–2006 | 81.9 |
| 1011 | Kumar Sangakkara | Cricket | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 1997–2015 | 81.9 |
| 1012 | Rahul Dravid | Cricket | 🇮🇳 India | 1996–2012 | 81.9 |
| 1013 | Rubén Olivares | Boxing | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 1965–1988 | 81.9 |
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