GOATs in Other Sports

[zabuza666]

MMA: Fedor Emelianenko

Agreed, but some ppl make the claim that Nogueira is the GOAT, but Fedor is the best fighter.

[Mamba]

boxing: tyson easily. i would take him over anyone in the ring. he's mental

[GOBB]

Hart Trophies:
Wayne-9
Mario-3

Art Ross Trophies:
Wayne-10
Mario-6

Pearson Awards:
Wayne-5
Mario-4

Gretzky has 200+ more goals then Lemieux, has 900+ more assists.

Gretzky had 11 100 assist seasons while Mario had only one. Gretzky had 4 200 point seasons and Lemieux had none.

Gretzky>Lemieux.

[clipps]

MJ, Brady, Gretzky, Tyson, Tiger, Serena, Federor, Lance, J.S. Bach.

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My guesstimate is that when it comes to basketball about 70-75% of all people who know about the sport would choose Jordan as the GOAT. Then there will be votes for Wilt, Kareem, Russell etc. I'm not saying anyone is right or wrong, I'm just stating that this is what I feel.

What about other sports? I don't have enough background to make an educated guess in all of the sports.

Hockey: Gretzky (80+% maybe?)

Football:

Baseball:

Soccer: (Maradona and Pele both 40% each maybe)

Is it more competitive for GOAT in other sports or is there a more clearcut GOAT candidate than Jordan?

No, the 73% you're referring to was only with an ESPN poll right after The Last Dance aired. If they did the poll again now - months removed from The Last Dance - that number would be smaller.

And for Jordan to only get 73% of the vote after such a heavy push with ESPN for The Last Dance is kind of shocking. If that poll was taken in 2004 that number would've easily been above 90%.

[Airupthere]

boxing: tyson easily. i would take him over anyone in the ring. he's mental

Peak Tyson is indeed was a force to be reckoned with. But overall I think there is a long list of goat candidates that I am not an expert on by any means. There's SRR, Ali, Joe Louis that make a case for boxing's GOAT.

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Peak Tyson is indeed was a force to be reckoned with. But overall I think there is a long list of goat candidates that I am not an expert on by any means. There's SRR, Ali, Joe Louis that make a case for boxing's GOAT.

It's definitely Sugar Ray Robinson. He's the LeBron of boxing. He was great at everything.

I'd go with Sugar Ray Robinson and Muhammad Ali as #1 and #2.

Boxing is a sport where being undefeated doesn't help your case.

[dankok8]

Best that I've seen in these sports: (since late 90's)

Soccer: Messi
Tennis: Federer
NFL: Brady
NHL: Crosby
Boxing: Mike Tyson

Honestly all those guys are probably my all time GOAT's as well except the NHL where I'd go Gretzky. He was just insane in terms of dominance! Kind of like if Wilt won 5 rings in the NBA while putting up the stats that he did.

[Axe]

Best that I've seen in these sports: (since late 90's)

Soccer: Messi
Tennis: Federer
NFL: Brady
NHL: Crosby
Boxing: Mike Tyson

Honestly all those guys are probably my all time GOAT's as well except the NHL where I'd go Gretzky. He was just insane in terms of dominance! Kind of like if Wilt won 5 rings in the NBA while putting up the stats that he did.

Messi in soccer?

[csh19792001]

MJ, Brady, Gretzky, Tyson, Tiger, Serena, Federor, Lance, J.S. Bach.

Off the cuff (to an extent!)

Basketball: Wilt
Baseball: Cobb
Football: Brady
Hockey: Howe
Boxing: Tyson
Golf: Nicklaus
Tennis: Federer
Cycling: Armstong
Track: Bolt
Swimming: Phelps
Soccer: Messi

[2much_knowledge]

Alì/sugar robinson
Federer for now
Serena
Phelps
Bolt
Brady
Gretzky
Ric flair goat wrestler

[LBJ]

Babe Ruth
BRady
Gretzky
Djokovic
Maradona
Serena
Phelps
Bolt
Muhammad Ali
Michael Schumacher

[2much_knowledge]

Ricky bobby
Happy gilmore
Ivan drago