- Sport
- Tennis
- Career
- 1925–1936
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
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
- Cricket
- Career
- 1890–1906
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 68.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 70.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 1964–1977
- Country
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- American Football
- Career
- 1968–1977
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 2017–active
- Country
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- Peak
- 95.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 70.0
- Sport
- Tennis
- Career
- 1987–1999
- Country
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Baseball
- Career
- 1922–1937
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Baseball
- Career
- 1990–2008
- Country
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Baseball
- Career
- 1915–1930
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Baseball
- Career
- 1920–1941
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Baseball
- Career
- 1928–1943
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Baseball
- Career
- 1998–2013
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- American Football
- Career
- 1967–1975
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2001–2013
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 78.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 68.0
- Honours
- 75.0
- Longevity
- 70.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2017–active
- Country
- 🇺🇾 Uruguay
- Peak
- 80.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 75.0
- Honours
- 70.0
- Longevity
- 65.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 1972–1982
- Country
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1906–1916
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 2007–active
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1890–1930
- Country
- 🇯🇪 Jersey
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Tennis
- Career
- 2008–active
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 70.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Baseball
- Career
- 1899–1909
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 2015–active
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Tennis
- Career
- 1925–1952
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 66.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 2003–2020
- Country
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 1979–1998
- Country
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Swimming
- Career
- 2018–active
- Country
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 66.0
- Sport
- American Football
- Career
- 1936–1945
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 72.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1960–1973
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 75.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 75.0
- Honours
- 72.0
- Longevity
- 70.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1941–1951
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 1996–2014
- Country
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1909–1918
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1970–1993
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 2014–active
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 72.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 2000–2019
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Tennis
- Career
- 1953–1959
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 58.0
- Sport
- Baseball
- Career
- 1976–1996
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Baseball
- Career
- 1991–2005
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Baseball
- Career
- 1996–2011
- Country
- 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1979–1998
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- American Football
- Career
- 1965–1977
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- American Football
- Career
- 1926–1935
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2008–2020
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 78.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 70.0
- Honours
- 75.0
- Longevity
- 70.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1916–1929
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- American Football
- Career
- 2007–2015
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 72.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1997–2018
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1963–1972
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 54.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 2006–active
- Country
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 1993–2008
- Country
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1926–1957
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Tennis
- Career
- 1959–1968
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 66.0
| # | Athlete | Sport | Country | Career | GOAT Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2915 | Edgar Moon | Tennis | 🇦🇺 Australia | 1925–1936 | 72.9 |
| 2916 | Willis Cuttell | Cricket | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1890–1906 | 72.9 |
| 2917 | Katsutoshi Nekoda | Volleyball | 🇯🇵 Japan | 1964–1977 | 72.9 |
| 2920 | Charlie Sanders | American Football | 🇺🇸 United States | 1968–1977 | 72.9 |
| 2921 | Karsten Warholm | Athletics | 🇳🇴 Norway | 2017–active | 72.8 |
| 2923 | Petr Korda | Tennis | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | 1987–1999 | 72.8 |
| 2925 | Jim Bottomley | Baseball | 🇺🇸 United States | 1922–1937 | 72.8 |
| 2926 | Hideo Nomo | Baseball | 🇯🇵 Japan | 1990–2008 | 72.8 |
| 2927 | Dave Bancroft | Baseball | 🇺🇸 United States | 1915–1930 | 72.8 |
| 2928 | Andy Cooper | Baseball | 🇺🇸 United States | 1920–1941 | 72.8 |
| 2930 | Carl Hubbell | Baseball | 🇺🇸 United States | 1928–1943 | 72.8 |
| 2931 | Roy Halladay | Baseball | 🇺🇸 United States | 1998–2013 | 72.8 |
| 2932 | Floyd Little | American Football | 🇺🇸 United States | 1967–1975 | 72.8 |
| 2933 | Christoph Metzelder | Football | 🇩🇪 Germany | 2001–2013 | 72.8 |
| 2934 | Darwin Núñez | Football | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 2017–active | 72.8 |
| 2935 | Ryszard Bosek | Volleyball | 🇵🇱 Poland | 1972–1982 | 72.8 |
| 2936 | Percy LeSueur | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1906–1916 | 72.8 |
| 2938 | Victor Hedman | Ice Hockey | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2007–active | 72.7 |
| 2940 | Harry Vardon | Golf | 🇯🇪 Jersey | 1890–1930 | 72.7 |
| 2941 | Milos Raonic | Tennis | 🇨🇦 Canada | 2008–active | 72.7 |
| 2944 | Jack Chesbro | Baseball | 🇺🇸 United States | 1899–1909 | 72.7 |
| 2945 | Barthélémy Chinenyeze | Volleyball | 🇫🇷 France | 2015–active | 72.7 |
| 2947 | Colin Gregory | Tennis | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1925–1952 | 72.7 |
| 2948 | Éder Carbonera | Volleyball | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 2003–2020 | 72.7 |
| 2949 | Hugo Conte | Volleyball | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 1979–1998 | 72.7 |
| 2950 | Vladyslav Bukhov | Swimming | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 2018–active | 72.7 |
| 2951 | Wayne Millner | American Football | 🇺🇸 United States | 1936–1945 | 72.7 |
| 2952 | Philippe Gondet | Football | 🇫🇷 France | 1960–1973 | 72.7 |
| 2953 | Buddy O'Connor | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1941–1951 | 72.7 |
| 2954 | Alberto Cisolla | Volleyball | 🇮🇹 Italy | 1996–2014 | 72.7 |
| 2955 | Frank Patrick | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1909–1918 | 72.7 |
| 2958 | Börje Salming | Ice Hockey | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1970–1993 | 72.6 |
| 2959 | Leon Draisaitl | Ice Hockey | 🇩🇪 Germany | 2014–active | 72.6 |
| 2960 | Yury Berezhko | Volleyball | 🇷🇺 Russia | 2000–2019 | 72.6 |
| 2962 | Ashley Cooper | Tennis | 🇦🇺 Australia | 1953–1959 | 72.6 |
| 2963 | Andre Dawson | Baseball | 🇺🇸 United States | 1976–1996 | 72.6 |
| 2964 | Jeff Bagwell | Baseball | 🇺🇸 United States | 1991–2005 | 72.6 |
| 2965 | Vladimir Guerrero | Baseball | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 1996–2011 | 72.6 |
| 2966 | Kevin Lowe | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1979–1998 | 72.6 |
| 2967 | Joe Namath | American Football | 🇺🇸 United States | 1965–1977 | 72.6 |
| 2968 | Ray Flaherty | American Football | 🇺🇸 United States | 1926–1935 | 72.6 |
| 2969 | Benedikt Höwedes | Football | 🇩🇪 Germany | 2008–2020 | 72.6 |
| 2970 | Dick Irvin | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1916–1929 | 72.6 |
| 2971 | Calvin Johnson | American Football | 🇺🇸 United States | 2007–2015 | 72.5 |
| 2973 | Henrik Sedin | Ice Hockey | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1997–2018 | 72.5 |
| 2974 | Dick Fosbury | Athletics | 🇺🇸 United States | 1963–1972 | 72.5 |
| 2976 | Alison Cerutti | Volleyball | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 2006–active | 72.5 |
| 2977 | Nalbert Bitencourt | Volleyball | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 1993–2008 | 72.5 |
| 2978 | Henry Cotton | Golf | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1926–1957 | 72.5 |
| 2979 | Chuck McKinley | Tennis | 🇺🇸 United States | 1959–1968 | 72.5 |
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Five verified components are weighted consistently: dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.
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