GOAT Rank · 4154

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3243

Marián Gáborík

69.8

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 2000–2018
Country: 🇸🇰 Slovakia

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

Athlete: Marián Gáborík

3244

Slobodan Kovač

69.8

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 1988–2005
Country: 🇷🇸 Serbia

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Slobodan Kovač

3245

Reid Priddy

69.8

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 2001–2019
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Reid Priddy

3248

Tom Kite

69.8

Sport: Golf
Career: 1972–2010
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 92.0

Athlete: Tom Kite

3249

Gene Littler

69.8

Sport: Golf
Career: 1954–1990
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 92.0

Athlete: Gene Littler

3250

Steamer Maxwell

69.8

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1909–1917
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Steamer Maxwell

3251

Sebastian Vettel

69.7

Sport: Formula 1
Career: 2007–2022
Country: 🇩🇪 Germany

Peak: 91.0
Dominance: 85.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Sebastian Vettel

3252

Emanuel Rego

69.7

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 1993–2016
Country: 🇧🇷 Brazil

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

Athlete: Emanuel Rego

3254

Don January

69.7

Sport: Golf
Career: 1956–1990
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 94.0

Athlete: Don January

3255

Arthur O'Hara Wood

69.7

Sport: Tennis
Career: 1912–1918
Country: 🇦🇺 Australia

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 70.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 72.0
Longevity: 62.0

Athlete: Arthur O'Hara Wood

3256

Donny van de Beek

69.7

Sport: Football
Career: 2016–2025
Country: 🇳🇱 Netherlands

Peak: 78.0
Dominance: 68.0
Statistics: 70.0
Honours: 68.0
Longevity: 65.0

Athlete: Donny van de Beek

3257

Yefim Chulak

69.7

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 1960–1968
Country: 🇺🇦 Ukraine

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Yefim Chulak

3258

Jrue Holiday

69.6

Sport: Basketball
Career: 2010–active
Country: 🏳️ International

Peak: 68.0
Dominance: 69.0
Statistics: 74.5
Honours: 70.0
Longevity: 75.0

Athlete: Jrue Holiday

3260

Alexander Zverev

69.6

Sport: Tennis
Career: 2013–active
Country: 🇩🇪 Germany

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

Athlete: Alexander Zverev

3262

Stephen Ames

69.6

Sport: Golf
Career: 1987–active
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 92.0

Athlete: Stephen Ames

3264

Taylor Crabb

69.6

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 2014–active
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Taylor Crabb

3266

Miguel Tejada

69.5

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1997–2013
Country: 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic

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

Athlete: Miguel Tejada

3267

Josh Awotunde

69.5

Sport: Athletics
Career: 2017–active
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 82.0
Dominance: 66.0
Statistics: 74.0
Honours: 72.0
Longevity: 70.0

Athlete: Josh Awotunde

3268

Ilya Borodin

69.5

Sport: Swimming
Career: 2019–active
Country: 🇷🇺 Russia

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 68.0
Statistics: 74.0
Honours: 72.0
Longevity: 62.0

Athlete: Ilya Borodin

3270

Tommy Armour

69.5

Sport: Golf
Career: 1920–1935
Country: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland

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

Athlete: Tommy Armour

3271

Lee "Flash" Young-ho

69.4

Sport: Esports
Career: 2007–2016
Country: 🇰🇷 South Korea

Peak: 98.0
Dominance: 97.0
Statistics: 95.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Lee "Flash" Young-ho

3272

Niki Lauda

69.4

Sport: Formula 1
Career: 1971–1985
Country: 🇦🇹 Austria

Peak: 89.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 87.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Niki Lauda

3274

Matey Kaziyski

69.4

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 2003–active
Country: 🇧🇬 Bulgaria

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

Athlete: Matey Kaziyski

3275

Jimmy Conzelman

69.4

Sport: American Football
Career: 1920–1929
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 72.0

Athlete: Jimmy Conzelman

3276

Johnny Miller

69.4

Sport: Golf
Career: 1969–1990
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 96.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Johnny Miller

3278

Kurt Warner

69.3

Sport: American Football
Career: 1998–2009
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 66.0

Athlete: Kurt Warner

3280

Renan Dal Zotto

69.3

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 1978–1992
Country: 🇧🇷 Brazil

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

Athlete: Renan Dal Zotto

3282

Jack Babashoff

69.3

Sport: Swimming
Career: 1973–1978
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 68.0
Statistics: 72.0
Honours: 72.0
Longevity: 62.0

Athlete: Jack Babashoff

3283

Lefty Gomez

69.3

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1930–1943
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 68.0

Athlete: Lefty Gomez

3284

Young Tom Morris

69.3

Sport: Golf
Career: 1865–1875
Country: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland

Peak: 96.0
Dominance: 94.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 58.0

Athlete: Young Tom Morris

3285

Bob Charles

69.3

Sport: Golf
Career: 1954–2010
Country: 🇳🇿 New Zealand

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 94.0

Athlete: Bob Charles

3286

Chick Evans

69.3

Sport: Golf
Career: 1907–1962
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Chick Evans

3287

Harold Hilton

69.3

Sport: Golf
Career: 1890–1913
Country: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Harold Hilton

3288

Christiaan Varenhorst

69.3

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 2010–active
Country: 🇳🇱 Netherlands

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Christiaan Varenhorst

3289

Marius Căta-Chițiga

69.3

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 1976–1988
Country: 🇷🇴 Romania

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Marius Căta-Chițiga

3290

Lorenzo Bernardi

69.2

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 1986–2005
Country: 🇮🇹 Italy

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Lorenzo Bernardi

3291

Peter Thomson

69.2

Sport: Golf
Career: 1949–1988
Country: 🇦🇺 Australia

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

Athlete: Peter Thomson

3292

Jason Day

69.2

Sport: Golf
Career: 2006–active
Country: 🇦🇺 Australia

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

Athlete: Jason Day

3293

Zach Johnson

69.2

Sport: Golf
Career: 2003–active
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Zach Johnson

3299

Alexander Brouwer

69.1

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 2009–active
Country: 🇳🇱 Netherlands

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Alexander Brouwer

3300

Robert Meeuwsen

69.1

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 2009–active
Country: 🇳🇱 Netherlands

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Robert Meeuwsen

3301

Kiki Cuyler

69.1

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1921–1938
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Kiki Cuyler

3302

Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski

69.1

Sport: Esports
Career: 2013–active
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski

3303

Fan Zhendong

69.0

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2012–active
Country: 🇨🇳 China

Peak: 95.0
Dominance: 92.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 72.0

Athlete: Fan Zhendong

3304

Sergey Bubka

69.0

Sport: Athletics
Career: 1983–2001
Country: 🇺🇦 Ukraine

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 96.0
Statistics: 93.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 92.0

Athlete: Sergey Bubka

3305

David Warner

69.0

Sport: Cricket
Career: 2009–active
Country: 🏳️ International

Peak: 75.0
Dominance: 72.5
Statistics: 75.0
Honours: 70.0
Longevity: 75.0

Athlete: David Warner

3309

David Duval

69.0

Sport: Golf
Career: 1993–2019
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: David Duval

3310

Mark Calcavecchia

69.0

Sport: Golf
Career: 1981–active
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Mark Calcavecchia

3311

Georg Grozer

69.0

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 2004–active
Country: 🇩🇪 Germany

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

Athlete: Georg Grozer

3312

Max Verstappen

68.9

Sport: Formula 1
Career: 2015–active
Country: 🇳🇱 Netherlands

Peak: 99.0
Dominance: 93.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 62.0

Athlete: Max Verstappen

#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
3243	Marián Gáborík	Ice Hockey	🇸🇰 Slovakia	2000–2018	69.8
3244	Slobodan Kovač	Volleyball	🇷🇸 Serbia	1988–2005	69.8
3245	Reid Priddy	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	2001–2019	69.8
3248	Tom Kite	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1972–2010	69.8
3249	Gene Littler	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1954–1990	69.8
3250	Steamer Maxwell	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1909–1917	69.8
3251	Sebastian Vettel	Formula 1	🇩🇪 Germany	2007–2022	69.7
3252	Emanuel Rego	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1993–2016	69.7
3254	Don January	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1990	69.7
3255	Arthur O'Hara Wood	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1912–1918	69.7
3256	Donny van de Beek	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2016–2025	69.7
3257	Yefim Chulak	Volleyball	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1960–1968	69.7
3258	Jrue Holiday	Basketball	🏳️ International	2010–active	69.6
3260	Alexander Zverev	Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	2013–active	69.6
3262	Stephen Ames	Golf	🇨🇦 Canada	1987–active	69.6
3264	Taylor Crabb	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	2014–active	69.6
3266	Miguel Tejada	Baseball	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	1997–2013	69.5
3267	Josh Awotunde	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2017–active	69.5
3268	Ilya Borodin	Swimming	🇷🇺 Russia	2019–active	69.5
3270	Tommy Armour	Golf	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	1920–1935	69.5
3271	Lee "Flash" Young-ho	Esports	🇰🇷 South Korea	2007–2016	69.4
3272	Niki Lauda	Formula 1	🇦🇹 Austria	1971–1985	69.4
3274	Matey Kaziyski	Volleyball	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	2003–active	69.4
3275	Jimmy Conzelman	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1920–1929	69.4
3276	Johnny Miller	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1969–1990	69.4
3278	Kurt Warner	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2009	69.3
3280	Renan Dal Zotto	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1978–1992	69.3
3282	Jack Babashoff	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1973–1978	69.3
3283	Lefty Gomez	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1930–1943	69.3
3284	Young Tom Morris	Golf	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	1865–1875	69.3
3285	Bob Charles	Golf	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1954–2010	69.3
3286	Chick Evans	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1907–1962	69.3
3287	Harold Hilton	Golf	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1890–1913	69.3
3288	Christiaan Varenhorst	Volleyball	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2010–active	69.3
3289	Marius Căta-Chițiga	Volleyball	🇷🇴 Romania	1976–1988	69.3
3290	Lorenzo Bernardi	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1986–2005	69.2
3291	Peter Thomson	Golf	🇦🇺 Australia	1949–1988	69.2
3292	Jason Day	Golf	🇦🇺 Australia	2006–active	69.2
3293	Zach Johnson	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	2003–active	69.2
3299	Alexander Brouwer	Volleyball	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2009–active	69.1
3300	Robert Meeuwsen	Volleyball	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2009–active	69.1
3301	Kiki Cuyler	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1921–1938	69.1
3302	Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski	Esports	🇺🇸 United States	2013–active	69.1
3303	Fan Zhendong	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	2012–active	69.0
3304	Sergey Bubka	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1983–2001	69.0
3305	David Warner	Cricket	🏳️ International	2009–active	69.0
3309	David Duval	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2019	69.0
3310	Mark Calcavecchia	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1981–active	69.0
3311	Georg Grozer	Volleyball	🇩🇪 Germany	2004–active	69.0
3312	Max Verstappen	Formula 1	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2015–active	68.9

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