Who's the GOAT of each sport?

[fica]

We can add goat that will not surface anytime soon in f1 max verstapen

 

[CrimsonFan]

NFL/Football - Brady
Basketball - Jordan
MMA - Fedor
Boxing - Ali
Baseball - Ruth
Hockey - Gretzky

 

[jeff7b9]

Baseball - Nolan Ryan
Hockey - Wayne Gretzky
Soccer - Ronaldinho
Basketball - Michael Jordan
Tennis - Novak Djokovic
MMA - Fedor Emelianenko
Golf - Tiger Woods
Football - Tom Brady
Boxing - Muhammad Ali

I like it and agree on several so excuse me for copying.

Baseball - Willie Mays*
Hockey - Wayne Gretzky
Soccer - Lionel Messi*
Basketball - Michael Jordan
Tennis - Novak Djokovic + *Serena Williams
MMA - Fedor Emelianenko
Football - Tom Brady
Boxing - Sugar Ray Robinson*

Billiards: Efren "The Magician" Reyes

 

[StonedLemur]

I like it and agree on several so excuse me for copying.

Baseball - Willie Mays*
Hockey - Wayne Gretzky
Soccer - Lionel Messi*
Basketball - Michael Jordan
Tennis - Novak Djokovic + *Serena Williams
MMA - Fedor Emelianenko
Football - Tom Brady
Boxing - Sugar Ray Robinson*

Billiards: Efren "The Magician" Reyes

Sugar Ray Robinson is probably the better choice.

Efren is a straight up GOD.

 

[jeff7b9]

Sugar Ray Robinson is probably the better choice.

Efren is a straight up GOD.

SRR started his career 128-1 and avenged that ONE loss... five times.

I think Ali actually modeled his style based a lot on Robinsons style and movements. It is pretty making how fluidly young Ali moved for a HW.

 

[StonedLemur]

SRR started his career 128-1 and avenged that ONE loss... five times.

I think Ali actually modeled his style based a lot on Robinsons style and movements. It is pretty making how fluidly young Ali moved for a HW.

Yeah Ali was more like a middleweight than a heavyweight.
Movement is everything at HW.

 

[jeff7b9]

Yeah Ali was more like a middleweight than a heavyweight.
Movement is everything at HW.

Ali is the most influential combat sports athlete ever, maybe athlete period.

He had 20 title defenses and had 3 years taken away from him in the dead center of his prime 25-28. I don't think he loses the fight of the century to Smokin Joe if he stayed active the whole time, and had it played out that way I think he might have been able to break Jou Louis' record of 25 title defenses.

Ali won title fights (when that meant you were the best in the world, not one of 5 guys claiming it) starting at age 22 and up to age 36, plenty of time at the top and managed that in a pretty talent deep era at HW.

Plus he was a GOAT champion out of the ring and played a significant role in civil rights movement.

 

[Jose Beehive]

Jon Jones
Messi
MJ
Floyd
Federer

 

[Takes_Two_To_Tango]

Ali is the most influential combat sports athlete ever, maybe athlete period.

He had 20 title defenses and had 3 years taken away from him in the dead center of his prime 25-28. I don't think he loses the fight of the century to Smokin Joe if he stayed active the whole time, and had it played out that way I think he might have been able to break Jou Louis' record of 25 title defenses.

Ali won title fights (when that meant you were the best in the world, not one of 5 guys claiming it) starting at age 22 and up to age 36, plenty of time at the top and managed that in a pretty talent deep era at HW.

Plus he was a GOAT champion out of the ring and played a significant role in civil rights movement.

I agree Ali was a special human being. He was something to marvel indeed. I just can't imagine the we never probably saw him at his peak in Boxing.
It's insane to think about.

 

[GSP_37]

I have to rank Barry Bonds above Shohei Ohtani because of the almost automatic HR if Bonds gets pitched to.

 

[Michaelangelo]

Wrestling - Stone Cold
Poker - Phil Ivey
Basketball - Mamba
Chess- Magnus
Boxing - Pac

 

[PhilMcCavity]

NFL Running back....Jim Brown
NFL Cornerback....Deion Sanders
Pro Rassler....Lou Thesz
NFL Wide Receiver.....Jerry Rice
NFL Tight End.....Tony Gonzalez (soon to be replaced by Travis Kelce)
NFL Kick Returner....Devin Hester
QB....Tom Brady
100meters....Usain Bolt
Long Jump.....Carl Lewis
Boxing....Mohammad Ali

Tight end goat is gronkowski and it’s not even close

 

[PhilMcCavity]

Just for the sports I've ever followed...
Football - Maradona
MMA- Fedor
Rugby Union - David Campese
Cricket - Don Bradman
NFL - Joe Montana
Tennis - Djokovic
Snooker - Ronnie O'Sullivan
Middle distance running - Seb Coe
Golf - Jack Nicholas

Joe Montana over Tom Brady? Wtf?

 

[PhilMcCavity]

Wrestling - Stone Cold
Poker - Phil Ivey
Basketball - Mamba
Chess- Magnus
Boxing - Pac

Pacquiao is an all time great but the goat? No.

 

[newcastleman]

Joe Montana over Tom Brady? Wtf?

For sure. I know the great Lawrence Taylor has said he thinks Montana's better than Brady, and I'm sure there are a huge amount of people who rate Montana the best ever quarterback (though most of them will be aged 40 and up perhaps). He was awesome in the 80s, an incredible clutch performer!

 

[PhilMcCavity]

For sure. I know the great Lawrence Taylor has said he thinks Montana's better than Brady, and I'm sure there are a huge amount of people who rate Montana the best ever quarterback (though most of them will be aged 40 and up perhaps). He was awesome in the 80s, an incredible clutch performer!

Ya he was good but nobody ranks Montana over Brady. Lawrence Taylor smoked 1000 dollars worth of crack everyday for 20 years his brain is destroyed

 

[kintana]

Soccer - Pele
Basketball - Michael Jordan
Tennis Men - Roger Federer
MMA - Jon Jones
Golf - Tiger Woods
Football - Tom Brady
Boxing - Floyd Money Mayweather
Sprinting - Usain Bolt
Wrestling - Buvaisar Saitiev
Judo - Teddy Riner
Baseball - Ichiro
Swimming - Michael Phelps
Gymnastics Women - Simon Biles
Tennis Women - Serena Williams

 

[Dr brakestick]

Darts - phil Taylor
Snooker - Ronnie O'Sullivan
Cycling - Eddie Merckx

Only ones I'll comfortably argue for

Personal greats

Boxing - Naseem Hamid
Football - Ronaldinho
Horse Racing - Lester Piggott
Motor Racing - Nigel Mansel