Football
The GOAT
Lionel Messi
1,500 rating · 8 Ballon d'Or, 2022 World Cup
- 2Cristiano Ronaldo level
- 3Pelé level
The GOATs right now
The GOAT
Basketball
The GOAT
Stephen Curry
1,747 rating · Most 3-pointers ever, first unanimous MVP
- 2Kareem Abdul-Jabbar −85 pts
- 3Kobe Bryant −85 pts
Men's tennis
The GOAT
Novak Djokovic
1,500 rating · 24 Grand Slams
- 2Roger Federer level
- 3Rafael Nadal level
Women's tennis
The GOAT
Chris Evert
1,662 rating · 18 Grand Slams
- 2Aryna Sabalenka level
- 3Martina Navratilova −162 pts
Formula 1
The GOAT
Lewis Hamilton
1,500 rating · 7 titles, most wins ever
- 2Michael Schumacher level
- 3Ayrton Senna level
Movies
The GOAT
The Shawshank Redemption
1,500 rating · IMDb's top-rated film for years
- 2The Godfather level
- 3The Dark Knight level
TV series
The GOAT
Breaking Bad
1,500 rating · 16 Primetime Emmys
- 2The Sopranos level
- 3Game of Thrones level
Rappers
The GOAT
Lil Wayne
1,747 rating · Tha Carter III: about 1M first week
- 2Tupac Shakur −85 pts
- 3Eminem −247 pts
Male singers
The GOAT
Michael Jackson
1,500 rating · Thriller, best-selling album ever
- 2Freddie Mercury level
- 3Elvis Presley level
Female singers
The GOAT
Beyoncé
1,500 rating · Most Grammy wins of any artist
- 2Whitney Houston level
- 3Taylor Swift level
Manga series
The GOAT
One Piece
1,500 rating · Guinness record for copies by one author
- 2Dragon Ball level
- 3Naruto level
Manga characters
The GOAT
Satoru Gojo
1,882 rating · The strongest sorcerer of his time
- 2Saitama −125 pts
- 3Goku −182 pts
Closest races
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The table
Rating ± certainty · updates live
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Ratings use Glicko, a version of chess's Elo that also tracks how sure we are (the ± figure). Beat a higher-rated rival and you gain more, and the less sure we are about a contender, the more one vote moves them. On the real site the official table is recalculated from all votes every few minutes, so a matchup that gets voted on a lot doesn't count extra. Why a chess rating and not upvotes?
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Fair play
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- Least-seen first. Contenders with few matches come up more, so new entries get rated fast.
- Unsure ratings first. The bigger the ± on a rating, the more often it gets tested.
- Close contests. Evenly matched pairs tell us more than mismatches.
- Wildcards and no repeats. One matchup in seven is fully random, and you never see the same pair twice.
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