- Sport
- Basketball
- Career
- 2014–active
- Country
- 🏳️ International
- Peak
- 63.8
- Dominance
- 66.9
- Statistics
- 72.2
- Honours
- 70.0
- Longevity
- 66.6
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
- Golf
- Career
- 2002–2010
- Country
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 68.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1993–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2003–2021
- Country
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Formula 1
- Career
- 1965–1974
- Country
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2018–active
- Country
- 🇨🇳 China
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2003–active
- Country
- 🇷🇴 Romania
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Basketball
- Career
- 2019–active
- Country
- 🏳️ International
- Peak
- 73.1
- Dominance
- 71.5
- Statistics
- 71.7
- Honours
- 70.0
- Longevity
- 50.6
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 1993–2018
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 80.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 74.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1999–2014
- Country
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 2020–active
- Country
- 🏴 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 66.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 60.0
- Longevity
- 58.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1890–1920
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 2017–active
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2012–2023
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2011–2023
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2015–active
- Country
- 🇫🇮 Finland
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2008–active
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2008–2021
- Country
- 🇸🇬 Singapore
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1990–2015
- Country
- 🇦🇹 Austria
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 2014–active
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 1999–2018
- Country
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 2004–active
- Country
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2019–active
- Country
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 72.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2015–active
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1998–2020
- Country
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1968–1979
- Country
- 🇦🇲 Armenia
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Athletics
- Career
- 2000–2012
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 72.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 2008–active
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 2000–2019
- Country
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 2014–active
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Tennis
- Career
- 2008–active
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 80.0
- Dominance
- 60.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 60.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1982–1990
- Country
- 🇨🇳 China
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 66.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2014–active
- Country
- 🇨🇳 China
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2018–active
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1993–2012
- Country
- 🇭🇷 Croatia
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2012–2019
- Country
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2012–2020
- Country
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 2015–active
- Country
- 🏳️ International
- Peak
- 74.4
- Dominance
- 72.2
- Statistics
- 73.8
- Honours
- 70.0
- Longevity
- 60.2
- Sport
- Formula 1
- Career
- 1972–1980
- Country
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 70.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2013–2023
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1969–1983
- Country
- 🇭🇺 Hungary
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 2018–active
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 72.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1981–2010
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1984–1991
- Country
- 🇨🇳 China
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 72.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1983–1990
- Country
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 70.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2015–active
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 2010–2022
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Esports
- Career
- 2015–active
- Country
- 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- 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
| # | Athlete | Sport | Country | Career | GOAT Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3551 | Rudy Gobert | Basketball | 🏳️ International | 2014–active | 66.2 |
| 3552 | Lorena Ochoa | Golf | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 2002–2010 | 66.2 |
| 3553 | Thomas Bjørn | Golf | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 1993–active | 66.2 |
| 3554 | Jun Mizutani | Table Tennis | 🇯🇵 Japan | 2003–2021 | 66.2 |
| 3555 | Denny Hulme | Formula 1 | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 1965–1974 | 66.2 |
| 3556 | Chen "Bin" Zebin | Esports | 🇨🇳 China | 2018–active | 66.2 |
| 3557 | Daniela Dodean Monteiro | Table Tennis | 🇷🇴 Romania | 2003–active | 66.2 |
| 3558 | Jalen Brunson | Basketball | 🏳️ International | 2019–active | 66.1 |
| 3559 | Sergey Tetyukhin | Volleyball | 🇷🇺 Russia | 1993–2018 | 66.1 |
| 3560 | Ryu Seung-min | Table Tennis | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 1999–2014 | 66.1 |
| 3561 | Gus Atkinson | Cricket | 🏴 United Kingdom | 2020–active | 66.1 |
| 3562 | William Auchterlonie | Golf | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1890–1920 | 66.1 |
| 3563 | Haleigh Washington | Volleyball | 🇺🇸 United States | 2017–active | 66.1 |
| 3564 | Martin "Rekkles" Larsson | Esports | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2012–2023 | 66.1 |
| 3565 | Yiliang "Doublelift" Peng | Esports | 🇺🇸 United States | 2011–2023 | 66.1 |
| 3566 | Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen | Esports | 🇫🇮 Finland | 2015–active | 66.1 |
| 3567 | Kristian Karlsson | Table Tennis | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2008–active | 66.1 |
| 3568 | Yu Mengyu | Table Tennis | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 2008–2021 | 66.1 |
| 3569 | Werner Schlager | Table Tennis | 🇦🇹 Austria | 1990–2015 | 66.0 |
| 3570 | Georgia Hall | Golf | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 2014–active | 66.0 |
| 3571 | Dante Boninfante | Volleyball | 🇮🇹 Italy | 1999–2018 | 66.0 |
| 3572 | Massimo Colaci | Volleyball | 🇮🇹 Italy | 2004–active | 66.0 |
| 3573 | Illya "Yatoro" Mulyarchuk | Esports | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 2019–active | 66.0 |
| 3574 | Timothy "autimatic" Ta | Esports | 🇺🇸 United States | 2015–active | 66.0 |
| 3575 | Joo Se-hyuk | Table Tennis | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 1998–2020 | 66.0 |
| 3576 | Elmira Antonyan | Table Tennis | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 1968–1979 | 66.0 |
| 3577 | Carolina Klüft | Athletics | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2000–2012 | 65.9 |
| 3578 | Stacy Lewis | Golf | 🇺🇸 United States | 2008–active | 65.9 |
| 3579 | Suzann Pettersen | Golf | 🇳🇴 Norway | 2000–2019 | 65.9 |
| 3580 | Matt Fitzpatrick | Golf | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 2014–active | 65.9 |
| 3581 | Rebecca Marino | Tennis | 🇨🇦 Canada | 2008–active | 65.9 |
| 3582 | Jiang Jialiang | Table Tennis | 🇨🇳 China | 1982–1990 | 65.9 |
| 3583 | Tian "Meiko" Ye | Esports | 🇨🇳 China | 2014–active | 65.9 |
| 3584 | Magomed "Collapse" Khalilov | Esports | 🇷🇺 Russia | 2018–active | 65.9 |
| 3585 | Tamara Boroš | Table Tennis | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 1993–2012 | 65.9 |
| 3586 | Hong "MadLife" Min-gi | Esports | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 2012–2019 | 65.9 |
| 3587 | Go "Score" Dong-bin | Esports | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 2012–2020 | 65.9 |
| 3588 | Shai Hope | Cricket | 🏳️ International | 2015–active | 65.8 |
| 3589 | Jody Scheckter | Formula 1 | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 1972–1980 | 65.8 |
| 3590 | gla1ve | Esports | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2013–2023 | 65.8 |
| 3591 | István Jónyer | Table Tennis | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 1969–1983 | 65.8 |
| 3592 | Jordyn Poulter | Volleyball | 🇺🇸 United States | 2018–active | 65.8 |
| 3593 | Paul Azinger | Golf | 🇺🇸 United States | 1981–2010 | 65.8 |
| 3594 | Chen Longcan | Table Tennis | 🇨🇳 China | 1984–1991 | 65.8 |
| 3595 | Yang Young-ja | Table Tennis | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 1983–1990 | 65.8 |
| 3596 | Kirill "Boombl4" Mikhailov | Esports | 🇷🇺 Russia | 2015–active | 65.8 |
| 3597 | Theo Brunner | Volleyball | 🇺🇸 United States | 2010–2022 | 65.8 |
| 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 |
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