GOATs in Other Sports

[Jill Valentine]

Pel

[sick_brah07]

The main problem with Maradona is that he was the best for 3 or 4 years only.
Guys like Jordan and Pele, true GOAT's were the absolute best player for a decade.

that is true... so zidane should definetly be mentioned what about bobby charlton? probably not the goat but should be considered (i have never watched him just read about him)

[Postbode]

Johan Cruijff >>>>>>>> Zidane

[lakers_forever]

[QUOTE=Jill Valentine]Pel

[LakerKid1998]

Football is by far the hardest to name a GOAT. The easiest position is WR, but Moss might have an argument if he can develop a post athletic freak game in a few years.

Even as WR he is not the goat by a lot.... Rice anybody?

[Slam13]

Formula - Michael Schumacher
Bikes - Valentino Rossi
Rally - Colin McRae

How about E-Sports anyone?

[CakeorDeath]

With respect to the whole Maradona vs. Pele thing, didn't FIFA hold a world survey on who was the best player ever, and the fans voted Maradona but the FIFA panel of soccer experts voted Pele, so now the two players share the award?

*checks wikipedia*

Yep.

[dajadeed]

lmao @ anyone who says Soccer and anyone but Pele.

I don't have a problem with the ones who say they've never seen him, but to try to argue that anyone is better than Pele is

Pele and Muhammad Ali are the two most famous athletes EVER. Period, end of story. Ali might be disputable as far as best boxer ever, but there's no question that Pele was the best/greatest soccer player ever.

Anyone saying otherwise doesn't know jack****.

[ExtremeHops]

Soccer: Maradona
Tennis: Sampras/Navratilova
NBA: Jordan
Swimming: Phelps
Formula 1: Schumacher
Golf: Tiger
Cricket: Bradman
Athletics: Carl Lewis

[canadianballer]

soccer is gay anyway.. who cares

[Slam13]

Athletics: Carl Lewis

Overall probably yes, but at sprinting Bolt ****s on him, even Michael Johnson ****s on him.

[ExtremeHops]

Sachin Tendulkar is arguable. Bradman never faced much international competition. The competition level back then was nowhere near what it is now.

Test Goat : Bradman
ODI Goat : Tendulkar

Agree with ODIs, but in tests there is only one winner and it is Bradman. His average of 99 was almost double that of anyone else playing during his era, so he was head and shoulders above the rest.

As for Tendulkar in tests, the likes of Lara, Sobers, Viv, Imran, Murali, Warne etc could all be argued over him, so I don't feel he can challenge Bradman

[ExtremeHops]

Overall probably yes, but at sprinting Bolt ****s on him, even Michael Johnson ****s on him.

Bolt has the talent but his career has been too short so far. Admittedly he was nothing short of amazing at the Olympics (even overshadowed Phelps), but he has to perform at subsequent majors too. Johnson was amazing, but when you talk about sprinting, the major event is always the 100m, and he never took part in that race.

[quasimoto]

soccer is gay anyway.. who cares

The rest of the world population begs to differ.

[lakers_forever]

lmao @ anyone who says Soccer and anyone but Pele.

I don't have a problem with the ones who say they've never seen him, but to try to argue that anyone is better than Pele is

Pele and Muhammad Ali are the two most famous athletes EVER. Period, end of story. Ali might be disputable as far as best boxer ever, but there's no question that Pele was the best/greatest soccer player ever.

Anyone saying otherwise doesn't know jack****.