GOAT Rank · 4154

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1539

Stéphan Caron

79.2

Sport: Swimming
Career: 1985–1992
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 72.0

Athlete: Stéphan Caron

1541

Franco Harris

79.2

Sport: American Football
Career: 1972–1984
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 94.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Franco Harris

1542

Paul Krause

79.2

Sport: American Football
Career: 1964–1979
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 96.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 92.0

Athlete: Paul Krause

1543

Joe Darling

79.2

Sport: Cricket
Career: 1893–1908
Country: 🇦🇺 Australia

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Joe Darling

1544

Robert Wrenn

79.2

Sport: Tennis
Career: 1891–1900
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Robert Wrenn

1545

Aldo Serena

79.2

Sport: Football
Career: 1978–1993
Country: 🇮🇹 Italy

Peak: 82.0
Dominance: 75.0
Statistics: 76.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 75.0

Athlete: Aldo Serena

1546

Giuseppe Giannini

79.2

Sport: Football
Career: 1982–1999
Country: 🇮🇹 Italy

Peak: 80.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 75.0
Longevity: 85.0

Athlete: Giuseppe Giannini

1547

Marcos Senna

79.2

Sport: Football
Career: 1998–2015
Country: 🇪🇸 Spain

Peak: 82.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Marcos Senna

1548

Brian Brinkley

79.2

Sport: Swimming
Career: 1970–1978
Country: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 76.0

Athlete: Brian Brinkley

1549

Michael Chadwick

79.2

Sport: Swimming
Career: 2013–2021
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Michael Chadwick

1550

Ben Stokes

79.1

Sport: Cricket
Career: 2011–active
Country: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Ben Stokes

1551

Dominique Wilkins

79.1

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1982–1999
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 72.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Dominique Wilkins

1558

Sixto Escobar

79.1

Sport: Boxing
Career: 1931–1941
Country: 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Sixto Escobar

1559

Valeri Kharlamov

79.1

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1967–1981
Country: 🇷🇺 Russia

Peak: 96.0
Dominance: 90.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Valeri Kharlamov

1561

Cris Carter

79.1

Sport: American Football
Career: 1987–2002
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 96.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Cris Carter

1562

Herb Adderley

79.1

Sport: American Football
Career: 1961–1972
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 96.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Herb Adderley

1563

Devon Conway

79.1

Sport: Cricket
Career: 2008–active
Country: 🇳🇿 New Zealand

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 76.0

Athlete: Devon Conway

1564

Don McNeill

79.1

Sport: Tennis
Career: 1936–1950
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Don McNeill

1565

Bill Copson

79.1

Sport: Cricket
Career: 1932–1950
Country: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Bill Copson

1566

Tom Dollery

79.1

Sport: Cricket
Career: 1934–1955
Country: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Tom Dollery

1567

Andy Ducat

79.1

Sport: Cricket
Career: 1906–1931
Country: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Andy Ducat

1568

Marquinhos

79.1

Sport: Football
Career: 2012–active
Country: 🇧🇷 Brazil

Peak: 82.0
Dominance: 75.0
Statistics: 70.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 85.0

Athlete: Marquinhos

1569

Oleksiy Oleksandrovych Mykhaylychenko

79.1

Sport: Football
Career: 1983–1996
Country: 🇺🇦 Ukraine

Peak: 82.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 75.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 75.0

Athlete: Oleksiy Oleksandrovych Mykhaylychenko

1570

Brian Leetch

79.1

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1987–2006
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Brian Leetch

1571

Sun Yang

79.0

Sport: Swimming
Career: 2008–2020
Country: 🇨🇳 China

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 70.0

Athlete: Sun Yang

1572

César Cielo

79.0

Sport: Swimming
Career: 2006–2016
Country: 🇧🇷 Brazil

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 70.0

Athlete: César Cielo

1573

Nate Thurmond

79.0

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1963–1977
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 76.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Nate Thurmond

1574

Chris Bosh

79.0

Sport: Basketball
Career: 2003–2016
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 76.0

Athlete: Chris Bosh

1575

Peja Stojaković

79.0

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1993–2011
Country: 🇷🇸 Serbia

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Peja Stojaković

1576

Devin Booker

79.0

Sport: Basketball
Career: 2015–active
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 76.0
Longevity: 72.0

Athlete: Devin Booker

1578

Ricky Berens

79.0

Sport: Swimming
Career: 2007–2014
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Ricky Berens

1579

Adrien Broner

79.0

Sport: Boxing
Career: 2008–active
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Adrien Broner

1581

Adrián Annus

79.0

Sport: Athletics
Career: 1993–2007
Country: 🇭🇺 Hungary

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Adrián Annus

1582

Shaheen Shah Afridi

79.0

Sport: Cricket
Career: 2017–active
Country: 🇵🇰 Pakistan

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 72.0

Athlete: Shaheen Shah Afridi

1583

Paulo Futre

79.0

Sport: Football
Career: 1983–2003
Country: 🇵🇹 Portugal

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 68.0

Athlete: Paulo Futre

1584

Xu Jiayu

79.0

Sport: Swimming
Career: 2013–active
Country: 🇨🇳 China

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Xu Jiayu

1586

Nicolò Martinenghi

79.0

Sport: Swimming
Career: 2016–active
Country: 🇮🇹 Italy

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Nicolò Martinenghi

1587

Champ Bailey

79.0

Sport: American Football
Career: 1999–2013
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Champ Bailey

1588

Alex Delvecchio

79.0

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1950–1974
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 96.0

Athlete: Alex Delvecchio

1589

Randall McDaniel

79.0

Sport: American Football
Career: 1988–2001
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Randall McDaniel

1590

Grant Fuhr

79.0

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1981–2000
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 93.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Grant Fuhr

1591

Dave Keon

79.0

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1960–1982
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Dave Keon

1592

Mario Lemieux

78.9

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1984–2006
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 99.0
Dominance: 92.0
Statistics: 97.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Mario Lemieux

1593

Bobby Orr

78.9

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1966–1979
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 97.0
Dominance: 94.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 91.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Bobby Orr

1594

Ted Williams

78.9

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1939–1960
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 95.0
Dominance: 92.0
Statistics: 96.0
Honours: 89.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Ted Williams

1595

Walter Johnson

78.9

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1907–1927
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 92.0
Statistics: 95.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Walter Johnson

1597

Joe Root

78.9

Sport: Cricket
Career: 2012–active
Country: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 76.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Joe Root

1598

James Worthy

78.9

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1982–1994
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: James Worthy

1599

Ken Norton

78.9

Sport: Boxing
Career: 1967–1981
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Ken Norton

1600

Grover Cleveland Alexander

78.9

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1911–1930
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 96.0
Dominance: 92.0
Statistics: 96.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Grover Cleveland Alexander

#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1539	Stéphan Caron	Swimming	🇫🇷 France	1985–1992	79.2
1541	Franco Harris	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1972–1984	79.2
1542	Paul Krause	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1964–1979	79.2
1543	Joe Darling	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1893–1908	79.2
1544	Robert Wrenn	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1891–1900	79.2
1545	Aldo Serena	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1978–1993	79.2
1546	Giuseppe Giannini	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1982–1999	79.2
1547	Marcos Senna	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1998–2015	79.2
1548	Brian Brinkley	Swimming	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1970–1978	79.2
1549	Michael Chadwick	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2013–2021	79.2
1550	Ben Stokes	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	2011–active	79.1
1551	Dominique Wilkins	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1982–1999	79.1
1558	Sixto Escobar	Boxing	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	1931–1941	79.1
1559	Valeri Kharlamov	Ice Hockey	🇷🇺 Russia	1967–1981	79.1
1561	Cris Carter	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2002	79.1
1562	Herb Adderley	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1972	79.1
1563	Devon Conway	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	2008–active	79.1
1564	Don McNeill	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1936–1950	79.1
1565	Bill Copson	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1932–1950	79.1
1566	Tom Dollery	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1934–1955	79.1
1567	Andy Ducat	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1906–1931	79.1
1568	Marquinhos	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2012–active	79.1
1569	Oleksiy Oleksandrovych Mykhaylychenko	Football	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1983–1996	79.1
1570	Brian Leetch	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2006	79.1
1571	Sun Yang	Swimming	🇨🇳 China	2008–2020	79.0
1572	César Cielo	Swimming	🇧🇷 Brazil	2006–2016	79.0
1573	Nate Thurmond	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1977	79.0
1574	Chris Bosh	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2003–2016	79.0
1575	Peja Stojaković	Basketball	🇷🇸 Serbia	1993–2011	79.0
1576	Devin Booker	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2015–active	79.0
1578	Ricky Berens	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2007–2014	79.0
1579	Adrien Broner	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2008–active	79.0
1581	Adrián Annus	Athletics	🇭🇺 Hungary	1993–2007	79.0
1582	Shaheen Shah Afridi	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	2017–active	79.0
1583	Paulo Futre	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	1983–2003	79.0
1584	Xu Jiayu	Swimming	🇨🇳 China	2013–active	79.0
1586	Nicolò Martinenghi	Swimming	🇮🇹 Italy	2016–active	79.0
1587	Champ Bailey	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1999–2013	79.0
1588	Alex Delvecchio	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1950–1974	79.0
1589	Randall McDaniel	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2001	79.0
1590	Grant Fuhr	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1981–2000	79.0
1591	Dave Keon	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1960–1982	79.0
1592	Mario Lemieux	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1984–2006	78.9
1593	Bobby Orr	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1966–1979	78.9
1594	Ted Williams	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1939–1960	78.9
1595	Walter Johnson	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1907–1927	78.9
1597	Joe Root	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2012–active	78.9
1598	James Worthy	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1982–1994	78.9
1599	Ken Norton	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1981	78.9
1600	Grover Cleveland Alexander	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1911–1930	78.9

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