GOAT Rank · 4154

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2980

Chuck Cooper

72.5

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1950–1956
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 82.0
Dominance: 66.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 66.0

Athlete: Chuck Cooper

2981

Ryan Miller

72.5

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 2002–2021
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Ryan Miller

2982

Bruno Schmidt

72.5

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 2009–active
Country: 🇧🇷 Brazil

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Bruno Schmidt

2983

Sam Crawford

72.5

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1899–1917
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Sam Crawford

2985

Yao Ming

72.4

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1997–2011
Country: 🇨🇳 China

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 74.0
Longevity: 60.0

Athlete: Yao Ming

2986

Tyreek Hill

72.4

Sport: American Football
Career: 2016–active
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Tyreek Hill

2987

Albert Costa

72.4

Sport: Tennis
Career: 1993–2006
Country: 🇪🇸 Spain

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 70.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 74.0
Longevity: 76.0

Athlete: Albert Costa

2988

Richie Ashburn

72.4

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1948–1962
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Richie Ashburn

2989

Billy Herman

72.4

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1931–1947
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Billy Herman

2990

Dwight Stephenson

72.4

Sport: American Football
Career: 1980–1987
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 62.0

Athlete: Dwight Stephenson

2991

Nomar Garciaparra

72.4

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1996–2009
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 96.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Nomar Garciaparra

2993

Edgar Laprade

72.4

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1945–1955
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

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

Athlete: Edgar Laprade

2994

Mateusz Bieniek

72.4

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 2013–active
Country: 🇵🇱 Poland

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

Athlete: Mateusz Bieniek

2995

Alain Prost

72.3

Sport: Formula 1
Career: 1980–1993
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 91.0
Statistics: 91.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Alain Prost

2997

Federico Burdisso

72.3

Sport: Swimming
Career: 2017–active
Country: 🇮🇹 Italy

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 68.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 74.0
Longevity: 68.0

Athlete: Federico Burdisso

2998

T.Y. Hilton

72.3

Sport: American Football
Career: 2012–2022
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: T.Y. Hilton

2999

Patrick Willis

72.3

Sport: American Football
Career: 2007–2014
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 68.0

Athlete: Patrick Willis

3000

Red Badgro

72.3

Sport: American Football
Career: 1927–1936
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 76.0

Athlete: Red Badgro

3001

Serhou Guirassy

72.3

Sport: Football
Career: 2014–active
Country: 🇬🇳 Guinea

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 75.0
Statistics: 74.0
Honours: 60.0
Longevity: 68.0

Athlete: Serhou Guirassy

3002

Matej Černič

72.3

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 1996–2012
Country: 🇮🇹 Italy

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

Athlete: Matej Černič

3003

Daniele Lupo

72.3

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 2009–active
Country: 🇮🇹 Italy

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Daniele Lupo

3004

Sean Rosenthal

72.3

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 2002–2019
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Sean Rosenthal

3005

Gary Player

72.2

Sport: Golf
Career: 1953–2009
Country: 🇿🇦 South Africa

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 85.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 87.0
Longevity: 94.0

Athlete: Gary Player

3006

Henrik Zetterberg

72.2

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1999–2018
Country: 🇸🇪 Sweden

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Henrik Zetterberg

3007

Niklas Kronwall

72.2

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 2000–2019
Country: 🇸🇪 Sweden

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Niklas Kronwall

3008

Rick Middleton

72.2

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1974–1988
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Rick Middleton

3009

Dick Allen

72.2

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

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

Athlete: Dick Allen

3010

Fernie Flaman

72.2

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1944–1961
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

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

Athlete: Fernie Flaman

3011

Les Richter

72.2

Sport: American Football
Career: 1954–1962
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Les Richter

3012

Réjean Houle

72.2

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1969–1983
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Réjean Houle

3013

Andrea Gardini

72.2

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 1988–2004
Country: 🇮🇹 Italy

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

Athlete: Andrea Gardini

3014

Vladimir Grbić

72.2

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 1990–2009
Country: 🇷🇸 Serbia

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

Athlete: Vladimir Grbić

3017

Dino Ciccarelli

72.2

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1980–1999
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 74.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Dino Ciccarelli

3018

Clark Gillies

72.2

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1974–1988
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Clark Gillies

3019

Fritz Pollard

72.2

Sport: American Football
Career: 1920–1926
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Fritz Pollard

3020

Dan Bain

72.2

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1895–1902
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

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

Athlete: Dan Bain

3022

Fran Tarkenton

72.1

Sport: American Football
Career: 1961–1978
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Fran Tarkenton

3023

Tomáš Berdych

72.1

Sport: Tennis
Career: 2002–2019
Country: 🇨🇿 Czech Republic

Peak: 82.0
Dominance: 70.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 72.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Tomáš Berdych

3024

Joe Hall

72.1

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1905–1919
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Joe Hall

3025

Michael Watson

72.1

Sport: Boxing
Career: 1984–1991
Country: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 70.0
Longevity: 66.0

Athlete: Michael Watson

3026

Le'Veon Bell

72.1

Sport: American Football
Career: 2013–2021
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 70.0

Athlete: Le'Veon Bell

3027

Harry Howell

72.1

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1952–1976
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 76.0
Longevity: 92.0

Athlete: Harry Howell

3028

Oleg Stoyanovskiy

72.1

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 2015–active
Country: 🇷🇺 Russia

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Oleg Stoyanovskiy

3029

Shohei Ohtani

72.0

Sport: Baseball
Career: 2018–active
Country: 🇯🇵 Japan

Peak: 96.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 62.0

Athlete: Shohei Ohtani

3030

Patrick Rafter

72.0

Sport: Tennis
Career: 1991–2002
Country: 🇦🇺 Australia

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 66.0

Athlete: Patrick Rafter

3031

Thurman Thomas

72.0

Sport: American Football
Career: 1988–2000
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Thurman Thomas

3032

Miroslav Šatan

72.0

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1992–2015
Country: 🇸🇰 Slovakia

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Miroslav Šatan

3034

Gastón Gaudio

72.0

Sport: Tennis
Career: 1996–2011
Country: 🇦🇷 Argentina

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 70.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 74.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Gastón Gaudio

3035

Tony Boselli

72.0

Sport: American Football
Career: 1995–2001
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 62.0

Athlete: Tony Boselli

3036

Kenny Easley

72.0

Sport: American Football
Career: 1981–1987
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 62.0

Athlete: Kenny Easley

#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
2980	Chuck Cooper	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1950–1956	72.5
2981	Ryan Miller	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	2002–2021	72.5
2982	Bruno Schmidt	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2009–active	72.5
2983	Sam Crawford	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1899–1917	72.5
2985	Yao Ming	Basketball	🇨🇳 China	1997–2011	72.4
2986	Tyreek Hill	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2016–active	72.4
2987	Albert Costa	Tennis	🇪🇸 Spain	1993–2006	72.4
2988	Richie Ashburn	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1948–1962	72.4
2989	Billy Herman	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1931–1947	72.4
2990	Dwight Stephenson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1980–1987	72.4
2991	Nomar Garciaparra	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2009	72.4
2993	Edgar Laprade	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1945–1955	72.4
2994	Mateusz Bieniek	Volleyball	🇵🇱 Poland	2013–active	72.4
2995	Alain Prost	Formula 1	🇫🇷 France	1980–1993	72.3
2997	Federico Burdisso	Swimming	🇮🇹 Italy	2017–active	72.3
2998	T.Y. Hilton	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2012–2022	72.3
2999	Patrick Willis	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2007–2014	72.3
3000	Red Badgro	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1927–1936	72.3
3001	Serhou Guirassy	Football	🇬🇳 Guinea	2014–active	72.3
3002	Matej Černič	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1996–2012	72.3
3003	Daniele Lupo	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	2009–active	72.3
3004	Sean Rosenthal	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	2002–2019	72.3
3005	Gary Player	Golf	🇿🇦 South Africa	1953–2009	72.2
3006	Henrik Zetterberg	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	1999–2018	72.2
3007	Niklas Kronwall	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	2000–2019	72.2
3008	Rick Middleton	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1974–1988	72.2
3009	Dick Allen	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1977	72.2
3010	Fernie Flaman	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1944–1961	72.2
3011	Les Richter	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1954–1962	72.2
3012	Réjean Houle	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1969–1983	72.2
3013	Andrea Gardini	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1988–2004	72.2
3014	Vladimir Grbić	Volleyball	🇷🇸 Serbia	1990–2009	72.2
3017	Dino Ciccarelli	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1980–1999	72.2
3018	Clark Gillies	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1974–1988	72.2
3019	Fritz Pollard	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1920–1926	72.2
3020	Dan Bain	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1895–1902	72.2
3022	Fran Tarkenton	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1978	72.1
3023	Tomáš Berdych	Tennis	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	2002–2019	72.1
3024	Joe Hall	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1905–1919	72.1
3025	Michael Watson	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1984–1991	72.1
3026	Le'Veon Bell	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2013–2021	72.1
3027	Harry Howell	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1952–1976	72.1
3028	Oleg Stoyanovskiy	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	2015–active	72.1
3029	Shohei Ohtani	Baseball	🇯🇵 Japan	2018–active	72.0
3030	Patrick Rafter	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1991–2002	72.0
3031	Thurman Thomas	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2000	72.0
3032	Miroslav Šatan	Ice Hockey	🇸🇰 Slovakia	1992–2015	72.0
3034	Gastón Gaudio	Tennis	🇦🇷 Argentina	1996–2011	72.0
3035	Tony Boselli	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1995–2001	72.0
3036	Kenny Easley	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1981–1987	72.0

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