GOAT Rank · 4154

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2371

Travis Kelce

75.7

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

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Travis Kelce

2372

Michael Strahan

75.7

Sport: American Football
Career: 1993–2007
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Michael Strahan

2374

Sven Tumba

75.7

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1949–1966
Country: 🇸🇪 Sweden

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

Athlete: Sven Tumba

2375

Mel Ott

75.7

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1926–1947
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Mel Ott

2376

Frankie Frisch

75.7

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1919–1937
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Frankie Frisch

2377

Hideki Matsui

75.7

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1993–2012
Country: 🇯🇵 Japan

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Hideki Matsui

2378

Cooper Kupp

75.7

Sport: American Football
Career: 2017–active
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 96.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Cooper Kupp

2379

Biz Mackey

75.7

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1920–1947
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Biz Mackey

2380

Corey Seager

75.7

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

Peak: 96.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 76.0

Athlete: Corey Seager

2381

Ernie Nevers

75.7

Sport: American Football
Career: 1926–1931
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 96.0
Dominance: 90.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 68.0

Athlete: Ernie Nevers

2382

Denis Potvin

75.6

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1973–1988
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

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

Athlete: Denis Potvin

2383

Yogi Berra

75.6

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1946–1965
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 94.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Yogi Berra

2384

Ronnie Lott

75.6

Sport: American Football
Career: 1981–1994
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Ronnie Lott

2385

Adam Vinatieri

75.6

Sport: American Football
Career: 1996–2019
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 94.0

Athlete: Adam Vinatieri

2386

Salvador Sánchez

75.6

Sport: Boxing
Career: 1975–1982
Country: 🇲🇽 Mexico

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 56.0

Athlete: Salvador Sánchez

2388

Bert Blyleven

75.6

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1970–1992
Country: 🇳🇱 Netherlands

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 92.0

Athlete: Bert Blyleven

2390

George Groves

75.6

Sport: Boxing
Career: 2008–2018
Country: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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

Athlete: George Groves

2391

Minnie Miñoso

75.6

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1946–1980
Country: 🇨🇺 Cuba

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Minnie Miñoso

2392

DeAndre Hopkins

75.6

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

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

Athlete: DeAndre Hopkins

2393

Gil Hodges

75.6

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1943–1963
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Gil Hodges

2396

Martín Dihigo

75.6

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1923–1947
Country: 🇨🇺 Cuba

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

Athlete: Martín Dihigo

2397

Sonny Jurgensen

75.6

Sport: American Football
Career: 1957–1974
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Sonny Jurgensen

2398

Mal Anderson

75.6

Sport: Tennis
Career: 1952–1972
Country: 🇦🇺 Australia

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Mal Anderson

2399

Ching Johnson

75.6

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1926–1938
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Ching Johnson

2400

Joško Gvardiol

75.6

Sport: Football
Career: 2020–active
Country: 🇭🇷 Croatia

Peak: 85.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 74.0
Honours: 75.0
Longevity: 65.0

Athlete: Joško Gvardiol

2402

Ainsley Bennett

75.6

Sport: Athletics
Career: 1976–1984
Country: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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

Athlete: Ainsley Bennett

2404

Marcel Dionne

75.5

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1971–1989
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 76.0
Longevity: 92.0

Athlete: Marcel Dionne

2406

Bob Gibson

75.5

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1959–1975
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Bob Gibson

2407

Josh Gibson

75.5

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1930–1946
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 90.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 76.0

Athlete: Josh Gibson

2408

Clayton Kershaw

75.5

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

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Clayton Kershaw

2409

Brendan Shanahan

75.5

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1987–2009
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 92.0

Athlete: Brendan Shanahan

2411

Mike Webster

75.5

Sport: American Football
Career: 1974–1990
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Mike Webster

2412

Hugh Duffy

75.5

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1888–1906
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 96.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Hugh Duffy

2413

Alan Faneca

75.5

Sport: American Football
Career: 1998–2010
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Alan Faneca

2414

Home Run Baker

75.5

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1908–1922
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Home Run Baker

2415

Luke Appling

75.5

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1930–1950
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 92.0

Athlete: Luke Appling

2417

Gustavo Borges

75.5

Sport: Swimming
Career: 1992–2004
Country: 🇧🇷 Brazil

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 76.0
Honours: 74.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Gustavo Borges

2418

Sammy Wanjiru

75.5

Sport: Athletics
Career: 2005–2010
Country: 🇰🇪 Kenya

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 62.0

Athlete: Sammy Wanjiru

2419

Reggie Jackson

75.5

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1967–1987
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Reggie Jackson

2420

Harold Carmichael

75.5

Sport: American Football
Career: 1971–1984
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Harold Carmichael

2421

Joe DeLamielleure

75.5

Sport: American Football
Career: 1973–1985
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Joe DeLamielleure

2422

Dan Hampton

75.5

Sport: American Football
Career: 1979–1990
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Dan Hampton

2423

Cortez Kennedy

75.5

Sport: American Football
Career: 1990–2000
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Cortez Kennedy

2424

Jack Darragh

75.5

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1910–1924
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

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

Athlete: Jack Darragh

2425

Oleh Volodymyrovych Kuznetsov

75.5

Sport: Football
Career: 1981–1997
Country: 🇺🇦 Ukraine

Peak: 78.0
Dominance: 75.0
Statistics: 70.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 75.0

Athlete: Oleh Volodymyrovych Kuznetsov

2426

Patrick Joseph Bonner

75.5

Sport: Football
Career: 1979–1998
Country: 🇮🇪 Ireland

Peak: 75.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 70.0
Honours: 75.0
Longevity: 85.0

Athlete: Patrick Joseph Bonner

2429

Patrick Kane

75.4

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 2007–active
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Patrick Kane

2430

Mark Recchi

75.4

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1988–2011
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 94.0

Athlete: Mark Recchi

2431

Jesse Burkett

75.4

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1890–1905
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Jesse Burkett

2432

Curley Culp

75.4

Sport: American Football
Career: 1968–1981
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Curley Culp

#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
2371	Travis Kelce	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2013–active	75.7
2372	Michael Strahan	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2007	75.7
2374	Sven Tumba	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	1949–1966	75.7
2375	Mel Ott	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1926–1947	75.7
2376	Frankie Frisch	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1919–1937	75.7
2377	Hideki Matsui	Baseball	🇯🇵 Japan	1993–2012	75.7
2378	Cooper Kupp	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2017–active	75.7
2379	Biz Mackey	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1920–1947	75.7
2380	Corey Seager	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	2015–active	75.7
2381	Ernie Nevers	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1926–1931	75.7
2382	Denis Potvin	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1973–1988	75.6
2383	Yogi Berra	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1946–1965	75.6
2384	Ronnie Lott	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1981–1994	75.6
2385	Adam Vinatieri	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2019	75.6
2386	Salvador Sánchez	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	1975–1982	75.6
2388	Bert Blyleven	Baseball	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1970–1992	75.6
2390	George Groves	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2008–2018	75.6
2391	Minnie Miñoso	Baseball	🇨🇺 Cuba	1946–1980	75.6
2392	DeAndre Hopkins	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2013–active	75.6
2393	Gil Hodges	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1943–1963	75.6
2396	Martín Dihigo	Baseball	🇨🇺 Cuba	1923–1947	75.6
2397	Sonny Jurgensen	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1957–1974	75.6
2398	Mal Anderson	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1952–1972	75.6
2399	Ching Johnson	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1926–1938	75.6
2400	Joško Gvardiol	Football	🇭🇷 Croatia	2020–active	75.6
2402	Ainsley Bennett	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1976–1984	75.6
2404	Marcel Dionne	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1971–1989	75.5
2406	Bob Gibson	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1959–1975	75.5
2407	Josh Gibson	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1930–1946	75.5
2408	Clayton Kershaw	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	2008–active	75.5
2409	Brendan Shanahan	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1987–2009	75.5
2411	Mike Webster	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1990	75.5
2412	Hugh Duffy	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1888–1906	75.5
2413	Alan Faneca	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2010	75.5
2414	Home Run Baker	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1908–1922	75.5
2415	Luke Appling	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1930–1950	75.5
2417	Gustavo Borges	Swimming	🇧🇷 Brazil	1992–2004	75.5
2418	Sammy Wanjiru	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	2005–2010	75.5
2419	Reggie Jackson	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1987	75.5
2420	Harold Carmichael	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1984	75.5
2421	Joe DeLamielleure	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1973–1985	75.5
2422	Dan Hampton	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1990	75.5
2423	Cortez Kennedy	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2000	75.5
2424	Jack Darragh	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1910–1924	75.5
2425	Oleh Volodymyrovych Kuznetsov	Football	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1981–1997	75.5
2426	Patrick Joseph Bonner	Football	🇮🇪 Ireland	1979–1998	75.5
2429	Patrick Kane	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	2007–active	75.4
2430	Mark Recchi	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1988–2011	75.4
2431	Jesse Burkett	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1890–1905	75.4
2432	Curley Culp	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1968–1981	75.4

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