- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 1999–2012
- Country
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- 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
- Esports
- Career
- 2019–active
- Country
- 🇮🇱 Israel
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 70.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2012–2023
- Country
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2014–2019
- Country
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 72.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2010–2016
- Country
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2015–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2017–active
- Country
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2015–2023
- Country
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2015–active
- Country
- 🇨🇳 China
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Baseball
- Career
- 2011–active
- Country
- 🏳️ International
- Peak
- 72.3
- Dominance
- 71.2
- Statistics
- 75.0
- Honours
- 70.0
- Longevity
- 75.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2018–active
- Country
- 🇱🇻 Latvia
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2000–active
- Country
- 🇹🇼 Chinese Taipei
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2022–active
- Country
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 66.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 2011–active
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 72.0
- Longevity
- 68.0
- Sport
- Formula 1
- Career
- 1952–1958
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 60.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1994–2019
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 66.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 72.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1952–1966
- Country
- 🇭🇺 Hungary
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2021–active
- Country
- 🇫🇮 Finland
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 68.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2015–active
- Country
- 🇷🇸 Serbia
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Basketball
- Career
- 2015–active
- Country
- 🏳️ International
- Peak
- 54.6
- Dominance
- 62.3
- Statistics
- 68.5
- Honours
- 70.0
- Longevity
- 63.4
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 2011–active
- Country
- 🏳️ International
- Peak
- 58.0
- Dominance
- 64.0
- Statistics
- 66.5
- Honours
- 70.0
- Longevity
- 73.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2010–active
- Country
- 🇪🇪 Estonia
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2017–active
- Country
- 🇸🇰 Slovakia
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Formula 1
- Career
- 2014–active
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 70.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1996–2016
- Country
- 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 72.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1982–1996
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2017–active
- Country
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2014–active
- Country
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2006–active
- Country
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1975–1996
- Country
- 🇷🇸 Yugoslavia
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2017–2023
- Country
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2017–active
- Country
- 🇨🇳 China
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2011–2019
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 2019–active
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 68.0
- Longevity
- 50.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1940–1970
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 64.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 68.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1919–1940
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 64.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 68.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1998–active
- Country
- 🇬🇷 Greece
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1987–2019
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 64.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 68.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2019–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 72.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2013–2022
- Country
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Peak
- 85.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2013–active
- Country
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine
- Peak
- 87.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2013–active
- Country
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2012–2022
- Country
- 🇸🇰 Slovakia
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1999–2016
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2013–2018
- Country
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 68.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2013–2020
- Country
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2011–2020
- Country
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2017–active
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2014–active
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2018–active
- Country
- 🇹🇷 Turkey
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
| # | Athlete | Sport | Country | Career | GOAT Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3900 | BoxeR | Esports | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 1999–2012 | 62.5 |
| 3901 | Shahar "flameZ" Shushan | Esports | 🇮🇱 Israel | 2019–active | 62.5 |
| 3902 | Snax | Esports | 🇵🇱 Poland | 2012–2023 | 62.5 |
| 3903 | Lee "Wolf" Jae-wan | Esports | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 2014–2019 | 62.5 |
| 3904 | Alexander "XBOCT" Dashkevich | Esports | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 2010–2016 | 62.5 |
| 3905 | Valdemar "valde" Bjørn Vangså | Esports | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2015–active | 62.5 |
| 3906 | Tarzan | Esports | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 2017–active | 62.5 |
| 3907 | Ghost | Esports | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 2015–2023 | 62.5 |
| 3908 | Ori | Esports | 🇨🇳 China | 2015–active | 62.5 |
| 3909 | Jose Altuve | Baseball | 🏳️ International | 2011–active | 62.4 |
| 3910 | broky | Esports | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 2018–active | 62.4 |
| 3911 | Chuang Chih-yuan | Table Tennis | 🇹🇼 Chinese Taipei | 2000–active | 62.4 |
| 3912 | Myroslav "zont1x" Plakhotia | Esports | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 2022–active | 62.4 |
| 3913 | Patrick Cantlay | Golf | 🇺🇸 United States | 2011–active | 62.3 |
| 3915 | Mike Hawthorn | Formula 1 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1952–1958 | 62.3 |
| 3916 | Rich Beem | Golf | 🇺🇸 United States | 1994–2019 | 62.3 |
| 3917 | Zoltán Berczik | Table Tennis | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 1952–1966 | 62.3 |
| 3918 | Kaisa "Jimpphat" Sarkkinen | Esports | 🇫🇮 Finland | 2021–active | 62.3 |
| 3919 | Nemanja "nexa" Isaković | Esports | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 2015–active | 62.3 |
| 3920 | Marcus Smart | Basketball | 🏳️ International | 2015–active | 62.2 |
| 3921 | Johnson Charles | Cricket | 🏳️ International | 2011–active | 62.2 |
| 3922 | Puppey | Esports | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 2010–active | 62.2 |
| 3923 | David Čerňanský | Esports | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 2017–active | 62.2 |
| 3924 | Marcus Ericsson | Formula 1 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2014–active | 62.2 |
| 3925 | Cheung Yuk | Table Tennis | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong | 1996–2016 | 62.2 |
| 3926 | Erik Lindh | Table Tennis | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1982–1996 | 62.2 |
| 3927 | Cho "BeryL" Geon-hee | Esports | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 2017–active | 62.2 |
| 3928 | Epitacio "TACO" de Melo | Esports | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 2014–active | 62.2 |
| 3929 | Aruna Quadri | Table Tennis | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 2006–active | 62.2 |
| 3930 | Zoran Kalinić | Table Tennis | 🇷🇸 Yugoslavia | 1975–1996 | 62.2 |
| 3931 | Clid | Esports | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 2017–2023 | 62.2 |
| 3932 | Emo | Esports | 🇨🇳 China | 2017–active | 62.2 |
| 3933 | 7ckngMad | Esports | 🇫🇷 France | 2011–2019 | 62.2 |
| 3935 | Cale Makar | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 2019–active | 62.1 |
| 3936 | Claude Harmon | Golf | 🇺🇸 United States | 1940–1970 | 62.1 |
| 3937 | Willie Macfarlane | Golf | 🇺🇸 United States | 1919–1940 | 62.1 |
| 3940 | Panagiotis Gionis | Table Tennis | 🇬🇷 Greece | 1998–active | 62.1 |
| 3942 | Todd Hamilton | Golf | 🇺🇸 United States | 1987–2019 | 62.0 |
| 3943 | Jakob "jabbi" Nygaard | Esports | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2019–active | 62.0 |
| 3944 | Kuro | Esports | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 2013–2022 | 62.0 |
| 3945 | Resolut1on | Esports | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 2013–active | 62.0 |
| 3946 | Rookie | Esports | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 2013–active | 61.9 |
| 3947 | GuardiaN | Esports | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 2012–2022 | 61.9 |
| 3948 | Michael Maze | Table Tennis | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 1999–2016 | 61.9 |
| 3949 | Jang "MaRin" Gyeong-hwan | Esports | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 2013–2018 | 61.9 |
| 3950 | Heo "Pawn" Won-seok | Esports | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 2013–2020 | 61.9 |
| 3951 | Lincoln "fnx" Lau | Esports | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 2011–2020 | 61.9 |
| 3952 | Timofey "interz" Yakushin | Esports | 🇷🇺 Russia | 2017–active | 61.9 |
| 3953 | Ali "AmaNEk" Saleh | Esports | 🇫🇷 France | 2014–active | 61.9 |
| 3954 | Broken Blade | Esports | 🇹🇷 Turkey | 2018–active | 61.9 |
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Five verified components are weighted consistently: dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.
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