GOAT Rank · 5087

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2651

Serge Savard

74.4

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1966–1983
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Serge Savard

2652

Duleepsinhji

74.4

Sport: Cricket
Career: 1924–1932
Country: 🇮🇳 India

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 74.0
Longevity: 62.0

Athlete: Duleepsinhji

2653

Dick Duff

74.4

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1954–1972
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Dick Duff

2654

Phillip DeFreitas

74.4

Sport: Cricket
Career: 1985–2006
Country: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 70.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 68.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Phillip DeFreitas

2655

Mike Michalske

74.4

Sport: American Football
Career: 1926–1937
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Mike Michalske

2656

Frank Chance

74.4

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1898–1914
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Frank Chance

2657

John Carlos

74.4

Sport: Athletics
Career: 1966–1972
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 74.0
Longevity: 64.0

Athlete: John Carlos

2658

Ernie Banks

74.4

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1953–1971
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Ernie Banks

2659

Leo Boivin

74.4

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1951–1970
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 92.0

Athlete: Leo Boivin

2660

Billy Gilmour

74.4

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1902–1916
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

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

Athlete: Billy Gilmour

2661

Téo Andant

74.4

Sport: Athletics
Career: 2019–active
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Téo Andant

2662

Bobby Bauer

74.4

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1936–1952
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

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

Athlete: Bobby Bauer

2663

Hughie Lehman

74.4

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1908–1928
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

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

Athlete: Hughie Lehman

2664

Joe Thomas

74.3

Sport: American Football
Career: 2007–2017
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Joe Thomas

2665

Hugh McElhenny

74.3

Sport: American Football
Career: 1952–1964
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Hugh McElhenny

2666

Kim Martin

74.3

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 2001–2016
Country: 🇸🇪 Sweden

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Kim Martin

2667

Virginia Ruzici

74.3

Sport: Tennis
Career: 1975–1987
Country: 🇷🇴 Romania

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 76.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Virginia Ruzici

2668

Marcel Bernard

74.3

Sport: Tennis
Career: 1932–1956
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 70.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 76.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Marcel Bernard

2669

Kirby Puckett

74.3

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1984–1995
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Kirby Puckett

2670

Hilton Smith

74.3

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1932–1948
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

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

Athlete: Hilton Smith

2671

Ted Simmons

74.3

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1968–1988
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 92.0

Athlete: Ted Simmons

2672

J.H. Taylor

74.3

Sport: Golf
Career: 1893–1926
Country: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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

Athlete: J.H. Taylor

2673

Luciano De Cecco

74.3

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 2006–active
Country: 🇦🇷 Argentina

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

Athlete: Luciano De Cecco

2674

Roberto Luongo

74.3

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1999–2019
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

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

Athlete: Roberto Luongo

2675

Fofão

74.3

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 1990–2012
Country: 🇧🇷 Brazil

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Fofão

2676

Maja Ognjenović

74.3

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 2002–active
Country: 🇷🇸 Serbia

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Maja Ognjenović

2677

Christian Sørum

74.3

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 2014–active
Country: 🇳🇴 Norway

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

Athlete: Christian Sørum

2678

Gabriela Fundora

74.3

Sport: Boxing
Career: 2021–active
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 62.0

Athlete: Gabriela Fundora

2679

Lou Brock

74.3

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1961–1979
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Lou Brock

2680

Turk Edwards

74.3

Sport: American Football
Career: 1932–1940
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 76.0

Athlete: Turk Edwards

2681

Bob Brown

74.3

Sport: American Football
Career: 1964–1973
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 76.0

Athlete: Bob Brown

2682

Herbie Lewis

74.3

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1928–1939
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Herbie Lewis

2683

Thaísa Menezes

74.3

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 2004–2023
Country: 🇧🇷 Brazil

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

Athlete: Thaísa Menezes

2684

Leonel Guillermo Sánchez Lineros

74.3

Sport: Football
Career: 1953–1973
Country: 🇨🇱 Chile

Peak: 75.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 75.0
Honours: 70.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Leonel Guillermo Sánchez Lineros

2685

Viacheslav Krasilnikov

74.3

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 2010–active
Country: 🇷🇺 Russia

Peak: 93.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Viacheslav Krasilnikov

2686

Juan Manuel Fangio

74.2

Sport: Formula 1
Career: 1950–1958
Country: 🇦🇷 Argentina

Peak: 95.0
Dominance: 94.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 93.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Juan Manuel Fangio

2687

Milt Schmidt

74.2

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1936–1955
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

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

Athlete: Milt Schmidt

2688

Fabiana Claudino

74.2

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 2002–2021
Country: 🇧🇷 Brazil

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Fabiana Claudino

2689

Sloane Stephens

74.2

Sport: Tennis
Career: 2009–active
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 76.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Sloane Stephens

2690

Edgerrin James

74.2

Sport: American Football
Career: 1999–2009
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Edgerrin James

2691

George Davis

74.2

Sport: Baseball
Career: 1890–1909
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: George Davis

2692

Herman Moore

74.2

Sport: American Football
Career: 1991–2002
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 76.0

Athlete: Herman Moore

2693

Keenan McCardell

74.2

Sport: American Football
Career: 1991–2007
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 92.0

Athlete: Keenan McCardell

2694

Greg Burgess

74.2

Sport: Swimming
Career: 1988–1996
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 70.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 76.0
Longevity: 70.0

Athlete: Greg Burgess

2695

Vic Hanson

74.2

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1924–1930
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 74.0
Honours: 76.0
Longevity: 64.0

Athlete: Vic Hanson

2696

Billy Casper

74.2

Sport: Golf
Career: 1954–1985
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Billy Casper

2697

Gale Sayers

74.2

Sport: American Football
Career: 1965–1971
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 98.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 62.0

Athlete: Gale Sayers

2698

Robert Brazile

74.2

Sport: American Football
Career: 1975–1984
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Robert Brazile

2699

Yelena Chebukina

74.2

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 1984–1996
Country: 🇷🇺 Russia

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

Athlete: Yelena Chebukina

2700

Marco Bracci

74.2

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 1988–2001
Country: 🇮🇹 Italy

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

Athlete: Marco Bracci

#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
2651	Serge Savard	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1966–1983	74.4
2652	Duleepsinhji	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1924–1932	74.4
2653	Dick Duff	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1954–1972	74.4
2654	Phillip DeFreitas	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	1985–2006	74.4
2655	Mike Michalske	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1926–1937	74.4
2656	Frank Chance	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1898–1914	74.4
2657	John Carlos	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1966–1972	74.4
2658	Ernie Banks	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1953–1971	74.4
2659	Leo Boivin	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1951–1970	74.4
2660	Billy Gilmour	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1902–1916	74.4
2661	Téo Andant	Athletics	🇫🇷 France	2019–active	74.4
2662	Bobby Bauer	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1936–1952	74.4
2663	Hughie Lehman	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1908–1928	74.4
2664	Joe Thomas	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2007–2017	74.3
2665	Hugh McElhenny	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1952–1964	74.3
2666	Kim Martin	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	2001–2016	74.3
2667	Virginia Ruzici	Tennis	🇷🇴 Romania	1975–1987	74.3
2668	Marcel Bernard	Tennis	🇫🇷 France	1932–1956	74.3
2669	Kirby Puckett	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1984–1995	74.3
2670	Hilton Smith	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1932–1948	74.3
2671	Ted Simmons	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1968–1988	74.3
2672	J.H. Taylor	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1893–1926	74.3
2673	Luciano De Cecco	Volleyball	🇦🇷 Argentina	2006–active	74.3
2674	Roberto Luongo	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1999–2019	74.3
2675	Fofão	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1990–2012	74.3
2676	Maja Ognjenović	Volleyball	🇷🇸 Serbia	2002–active	74.3
2677	Christian Sørum	Volleyball	🇳🇴 Norway	2014–active	74.3
2678	Gabriela Fundora	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2021–active	74.3
2679	Lou Brock	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1979	74.3
2680	Turk Edwards	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1932–1940	74.3
2681	Bob Brown	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1964–1973	74.3
2682	Herbie Lewis	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1928–1939	74.3
2683	Thaísa Menezes	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2004–2023	74.3
2684	Leonel Guillermo Sánchez Lineros	Football	🇨🇱 Chile	1953–1973	74.3
2685	Viacheslav Krasilnikov	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	2010–active	74.3
2686	Juan Manuel Fangio	Formula 1	🇦🇷 Argentina	1950–1958	74.2
2687	Milt Schmidt	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1936–1955	74.2
2688	Fabiana Claudino	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2002–2021	74.2
2689	Sloane Stephens	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	2009–active	74.2
2690	Edgerrin James	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1999–2009	74.2
2691	George Davis	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1890–1909	74.2
2692	Herman Moore	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1991–2002	74.2
2693	Keenan McCardell	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1991–2007	74.2
2694	Greg Burgess	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1988–1996	74.2
2695	Vic Hanson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1924–1930	74.2
2696	Billy Casper	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1954–1985	74.2
2697	Gale Sayers	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1971	74.2
2698	Robert Brazile	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1975–1984	74.2
2699	Yelena Chebukina	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1984–1996	74.2
2700	Marco Bracci	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1988–2001	74.2

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