- Sport
- Swimming
- Career
- 2000–2016
- Country
- 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
GOAT Rank · 5087
Greatest athletes of all time
This ranking is led by Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Michael Phelps. GOAT Rank currently ranks 5087 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
- Boxing
- Career
- 1932–1941
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1881–1900
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2009–active
- Country
- 🇬🇦 Gabon
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 85.0
- Honours
- 75.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2003–2021
- Country
- 🇪🇨 Ecuador
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Basketball
- Career
- 1920–1932
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Baseball
- Career
- 1914–1935
- Country
- 🇺🇸 USA
- Peak
- 99.0
- Dominance
- 100.0
- Statistics
- 97.0
- Honours
- 94.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1975–1994
- Country
- 🇮🇳 India
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1962–1973
- Country
- 🇰🇪 Kenya
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1995–2018
- Country
- 🇵🇰 Pakistan
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1970–1994
- Country
- 🏴 England
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Swimming
- Career
- 2003–2013
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Swimming
- Career
- 2021–active
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 66.0
- Sport
- Swimming
- Career
- 1984–1992
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Basketball
- Career
- 1999–2014
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1988–2004
- Country
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 2001–2020
- Country
- 🇬🇧 England
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2002–2020
- Country
- 🇹🇬 Togo
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 75.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1990–2006
- Country
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1999–2014
- Country
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1992–2013
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Swimming
- Career
- 2019–active
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 66.0
- Sport
- Basketball
- Career
- 1990–2007
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1975–1996
- Country
- 🇵🇰 Pakistan
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 1988–1999
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 70.0
- Sport
- Basketball
- Career
- 2012–active
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Basketball
- Career
- 2018–active
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 62.0
- Sport
- Tennis
- Career
- 1978–1997
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 2009–active
- Country
- 🇮🇳 India
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Tennis
- Career
- 1966–1980
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Basketball
- Career
- 1971–1982
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Basketball
- Career
- 1970–1984
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1934–1948
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 2002–2013
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- American Football
- Career
- 1946–1967
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 94.0
- Longevity
- 98.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1786–1816
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2012–active
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2004–2021
- Country
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Peak
- 85.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1986–2001
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 75.0
- Sport
- Swimming
- Career
- 1986–1993
- Country
- 🇧🇾 Belarus
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Basketball
- Career
- 1967–1977
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1994–2011
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Tennis
- Career
- 1976–1994
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 89.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1993–2012
- Country
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1991–2011
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1978–1997
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 2015–active
- Country
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 70.0
- Sport
- Basketball
- Career
- 1970–1983
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1923–1936
- Country
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1992–2008
- Country
- 🇮🇳 India
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
| # | Athlete | Sport | Country | Career | GOAT Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1101 | George Bovell | Swimming | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | 2000–2016 | 81.5 |
| 1102 | Lou Ambers | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1932–1941 | 81.5 |
| 1103 | William Attewell | Cricket | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1881–1900 | 81.5 |
| 1104 | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | Football | 🇬🇦 Gabon | 2009–active | 81.5 |
| 1105 | Antonio Valencia | Football | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 2003–2021 | 81.5 |
| 1106 | Forrest DeBernardi | Basketball | 🇺🇸 United States | 1920–1932 | 81.5 |
| 1107 | Babe Ruth | Baseball | 🇺🇸 USA | 1914–1935 | 81.4 |
| 1108 | Kapil Dev | Cricket | 🇮🇳 India | 1975–1994 | 81.4 |
| 1109 | Kipchoge Keino | Athletics | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 1962–1973 | 81.4 |
| 1110 | Shahid Afridi | Cricket | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 1995–2018 | 81.4 |
| 1111 | Trevor Francis | Football | 🏴 England | 1970–1994 | 81.4 |
| 1112 | Laure Manaudou | Swimming | 🇫🇷 France | 2003–2013 | 81.4 |
| 1113 | Mollie O'Callaghan | Swimming | 🇦🇺 Australia | 2021–active | 81.4 |
| 1114 | Tom Jager | Swimming | 🇺🇸 United States | 1984–1992 | 81.4 |
| 1115 | Becky Hammon | Basketball | 🇺🇸 United States | 1999–2014 | 81.4 |
| 1116 | Oleksandr Bagach | Athletics | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 1988–2004 | 81.4 |
| 1117 | Ian Bell | Cricket | 🇬🇧 England | 2001–2020 | 81.4 |
| 1118 | Emmanuel Adebayor | Football | 🇹🇬 Togo | 2002–2020 | 81.4 |
| 1119 | Roy Keane | Football | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 1990–2006 | 81.3 |
| 1120 | Carles Puyol | Football | 🇪🇸 Spain | 1999–2014 | 81.3 |
| 1121 | Adam Gilchrist | Cricket | 🇦🇺 Australia | 1992–2013 | 81.3 |
| 1122 | Léon Marchand | Swimming | 🇫🇷 France | 2019–active | 81.3 |
| 1123 | Gary Payton | Basketball | 🇺🇸 United States | 1990–2007 | 81.3 |
| 1124 | Javed Miandad | Cricket | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 1975–1996 | 81.3 |
| 1125 | Marie-José Pérec | Athletics | 🇫🇷 France | 1988–1999 | 81.3 |
| 1126 | Draymond Green | Basketball | 🇺🇸 United States | 2012–active | 81.3 |
| 1127 | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | Basketball | 🇨🇦 Canada | 2018–active | 81.3 |
| 1128 | Pam Shriver | Tennis | 🇺🇸 United States | 1978–1997 | 81.3 |
| 1129 | Harmanpreet Kaur | Cricket | 🇮🇳 India | 2009–active | 81.3 |
| 1130 | Arthur Ashe | Tennis | 🇺🇸 United States | 1966–1980 | 81.3 |
| 1131 | George McGinnis | Basketball | 🇺🇸 United States | 1971–1982 | 81.3 |
| 1132 | Bob Lanier | Basketball | 🇺🇸 United States | 1970–1984 | 81.3 |
| 1133 | Billy Conn | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1934–1948 | 81.3 |
| 1134 | Holly Holm | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 2002–2013 | 81.3 |
| 1135 | Lou Groza | American Football | 🇺🇸 United States | 1946–1967 | 81.3 |
| 1136 | Caleb Baldwin | Boxing | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1786–1816 | 81.3 |
| 1137 | Lina Hurtig | Football | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2012–active | 81.3 |
| 1138 | Ilaria Mauro | Football | 🇮🇹 Italy | 2004–2021 | 81.3 |
| 1139 | Bodo Illgner | Football | 🇩🇪 Germany | 1986–2001 | 81.3 |
| 1140 | Yuri Bashkatov | Swimming | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 1986–1993 | 81.3 |
| 1141 | Bill Bradley | Basketball | 🇺🇸 United States | 1967–1977 | 81.3 |
| 1142 | Patrick Vieira | Football | 🇫🇷 France | 1994–2011 | 81.2 |
| 1143 | John McEnroe | Tennis | 🇺🇸 United States | 1976–1994 | 81.2 |
| 1144 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | Football | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 1993–2012 | 81.2 |
| 1145 | Claude Makélélé | Football | 🇫🇷 France | 1991–2011 | 81.2 |
| 1146 | Pierre Littbarski | Football | 🇩🇪 Germany | 1978–1997 | 81.2 |
| 1147 | Tobi Amusan | Athletics | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 2015–active | 81.2 |
| 1148 | Calvin Murphy | Basketball | 🇺🇸 United States | 1970–1983 | 81.2 |
| 1149 | Jimmy McLarnin | Boxing | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 1923–1936 | 81.2 |
| 1150 | Sourav Ganguly | Cricket | 🇮🇳 India | 1992–2008 | 81.2 |
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