- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2015–active
- Country
- 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
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
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1959–1972
- Country
- 🇨🇳 China
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 70.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1976–2005
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 2009–active
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2019–active
- Country
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2016–active
- Country
- 🇱🇻 Latvia
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2016–active
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2019–active
- Country
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1980–2019
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 2002–active
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 2001–active
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2016–active
- Country
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2008–2019
- Country
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 1988–2004
- Country
- 🇭🇷 Croatia
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1975–1988
- Country
- 🇭🇺 Hungary
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 2012–active
- Country
- 🏳️ International
- Peak
- 71.4
- Dominance
- 70.7
- Statistics
- 69.5
- Honours
- 70.0
- Longevity
- 66.6
- Sport
- Formula 1
- Career
- 1970–1996
- Country
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1936–1970
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1985–1996
- Country
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2016–active
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2012–active
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2018–active
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 93.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2018–active
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 93.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 2007–active
- Country
- 🏳️ International
- Peak
- 64.1
- Dominance
- 67.0
- Statistics
- 73.2
- Honours
- 70.0
- Longevity
- 75.0
- Sport
- Formula 1
- Career
- 1980–1995
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 2012–active
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 70.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1985–2000
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1986–2020
- Country
- 🏴 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 68.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1886–1905
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2015–active
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1994–2018
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1988–1997
- Country
- 🇨🇳 China
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2013–2021
- Country
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 2008–2020
- Country
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 2010–active
- Country
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1926–1935
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 2010–active
- Country
- 🏳️ International
- Peak
- 65.7
- Dominance
- 67.8
- Statistics
- 72.3
- Honours
- 70.0
- Longevity
- 73.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1962–1974
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2012–active
- Country
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2007–2021
- Country
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2013–2020
- Country
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2012–2021
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 91.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2003–active
- Country
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 2016–active
- Country
- 🏳️ International
- Peak
- 74.5
- Dominance
- 72.2
- Statistics
- 72.8
- Honours
- 70.0
- Longevity
- 57.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 2008–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2011–2023
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2012–2020
- Country
- 🇫🇮 Finland
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1946–1957
- Country
- 🇭🇷 Croatia
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2016–active
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2023–active
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 75.0
- Dominance
- 65.0
- Statistics
- 72.0
- Honours
- 75.0
- Longevity
- 40.0
| # | Athlete | Sport | Country | Career | GOAT Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3598 | Nikola "NiKo" Kovač | Esports | 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2015–active | 65.7 |
| 3599 | Zhuang Zedong | Table Tennis | 🇨🇳 China | 1959–1972 | 65.7 |
| 3600 | Curtis Strange | Golf | 🇺🇸 United States | 1976–2005 | 65.7 |
| 3602 | Brian Harman | Golf | 🇺🇸 United States | 2009–active | 65.7 |
| 3603 | Ryu "Keria" Min-seok | Esports | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 2019–active | 65.7 |
| 3604 | Mareks "YEKINDAR" Gaļinskis | Esports | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 2016–active | 65.7 |
| 3605 | Ilya "Perfecto" Zalutskiy | Esports | 🇷🇺 Russia | 2016–active | 65.7 |
| 3606 | Valeriy "b1t" Vakhovskiy | Esports | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 2019–active | 65.7 |
| 3608 | Mark O'Meara | Golf | 🇺🇸 United States | 1980–2019 | 65.6 |
| 3609 | Bubba Watson | Golf | 🇺🇸 United States | 2002–active | 65.6 |
| 3610 | Lucas Glover | Golf | 🇺🇸 United States | 2001–active | 65.6 |
| 3612 | Park "Ruler" Jae-hyuk | Esports | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 2016–active | 65.6 |
| 3613 | Yegor "markeloff" Markelov | Esports | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 2008–2019 | 65.6 |
| 3614 | Goran Vujević | Volleyball | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 1988–2004 | 65.6 |
| 3615 | István Boros | Table Tennis | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 1975–1988 | 65.6 |
| 3616 | Suryakumar Yadav | Cricket | 🏳️ International | 2012–active | 65.5 |
| 3617 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Formula 1 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 1970–1996 | 65.5 |
| 3618 | Fred Daly | Golf | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1936–1970 | 65.5 |
| 3619 | Yoo Nam-kyu | Table Tennis | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 1985–1996 | 65.5 |
| 3620 | Denis "electronic" Sharipov | Esports | 🇷🇺 Russia | 2016–active | 65.5 |
| 3621 | Johannes "tabseN" Wodarz | Esports | 🇩🇪 Germany | 2012–active | 65.5 |
| 3622 | Larl | Esports | 🇷🇺 Russia | 2018–active | 65.5 |
| 3623 | Pure | Esports | 🇷🇺 Russia | 2018–active | 65.5 |
| 3624 | Kieron Pollard | Cricket | 🏳️ International | 2007–active | 65.4 |
| 3625 | Nigel Mansell | Formula 1 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1980–1995 | 65.4 |
| 3626 | Brooks Koepka | Golf | 🇺🇸 United States | 2012–active | 65.4 |
| 3628 | Jean-Philippe Gatien | Table Tennis | 🇫🇷 France | 1985–2000 | 65.4 |
| 3629 | Paul Lawrie | Golf | 🏴 United Kingdom | 1986–2020 | 65.4 |
| 3630 | David Brown | Golf | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1886–1905 | 65.4 |
| 3631 | Yaroslav "Miposhka" Naidenov | Esports | 🇷🇺 Russia | 2015–active | 65.4 |
| 3632 | Justin Leonard | Golf | 🇺🇸 United States | 1994–2018 | 65.4 |
| 3633 | Ma Wenge | Table Tennis | 🇨🇳 China | 1988–1997 | 65.4 |
| 3634 | Paweł "byali" Bieliński | Esports | 🇵🇱 Poland | 2013–2021 | 65.4 |
| 3635 | Pedro Cunha | Volleyball | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 2008–2020 | 65.4 |
| 3636 | Vitor Felipe | Volleyball | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 2010–active | 65.4 |
| 3637 | Percival Bromfield | Table Tennis | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1926–1935 | 65.4 |
| 3638 | Andre Russell | Cricket | 🏳️ International | 2010–active | 65.3 |
| 3640 | Anatoly Amelin | Table Tennis | 🇷🇺 Russia | 1962–1974 | 65.3 |
| 3642 | Adil "ScreaM" Benrlitom | Esports | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 2012–active | 65.2 |
| 3643 | Kévin "Ex6TenZ" Droolans | Esports | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 2007–2021 | 65.2 |
| 3644 | Kang "GorillA" Beom-hyeon | Esports | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 2013–2020 | 65.2 |
| 3645 | Universe | Esports | 🇺🇸 United States | 2012–2021 | 65.2 |
| 3647 | Gustavo Tsuboi | Table Tennis | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 2003–active | 65.2 |
| 3649 | Hasan Ali | Cricket | 🏳️ International | 2016–active | 65.1 |
| 3651 | Thorbjørn Olesen | Golf | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2008–active | 65.1 |
| 3652 | Søren "Bjergsen" Bjerg | Esports | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2011–2023 | 65.1 |
| 3653 | Jesse "JerAx" Vainikka | Esports | 🇫🇮 Finland | 2012–2020 | 65.1 |
| 3654 | Žarko Dolinar | Table Tennis | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 1946–1957 | 65.1 |
| 3655 | Vincent "Brehze" Cayonte | Esports | 🇺🇸 United States | 2016–active | 65.1 |
| 3656 | Désiré Nonka-Maho Doué | Football | 🇫🇷 France | 2023–active | 65.1 |
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