Welcome! Browse around and make yourself at home. The top 100 lists can be found in the drop-down menus above along with detailed sections for each sport called “Making the Cut” where I explain—in painstaking detail—the methodology for each list. The “Activity Log” below will chart the changes I make as they happen. The “About” section includes a series of essays highlighting why top 100 lists have historically been heavily biased towards previous generations and what we can do to change course. The information on the site is structured like a book. Major themes/topics are broken up into “chapters” so feel free to come back as often as you like. No need to read everything at once. There’s a lot to take in. For the most part, changes to the lists in the four major sports will be made following award seasons while changes to the MMA list will be made following each show as warranted. I hope you enjoy the lists and the extras that go with them (including detailed write-ups for the top 100 baseball players of all-time). Thanks for visiting! — Jake
Activity Log
Date | Sport | Detail | |
5/2/2021 | MMA | Jiri Prochazka enters at #96 after victory over Reyes, N. Diaz falls out from #100 | |
5/9/2021 | MMA | Marina Rodriguez moves from #25 to #24 after win over Michelle Waterson | |
5/16/2021 | MMA | Charles Oliveira enters at #73 after victory over M. Chandler, Michael Bisping out from #100 | |
5/16/2021 | MMA | T. Ferguson drops from #59 to #70 after loss to Beneil Dariush | |
5/22/2021 | MMA | Cody Garbrandt falls out from #87 after losing unanimous dec. to Rob Font | |
5/22/2021 | MMA | M. Bisping reenters at #100 due to Garbrandt falling out. | |
6/13/2021 | MMA | Brandon Moreno enters at #79 after victory over Deiveson Figueiredo, Michael Bisping out from #100 | |
6/13/2021 | MMA | Deiveson Figueiredo drops from #79 to #80 after submission loss to Brandon Moreno | |
7/8/2021 | NHL | Patrick Kane moves to #30 from #34 | |
7/8/2021 | NHL | Nikita Kucherov moves to #35 from #82 | |
7/8/2021 | NHL | Connor McDavid from to #36 from #84 | |
7/8/2021 | NHL | Patrice Bergeron moves past Doug Gilmour who was one spot ahead of him, but drops from #66 to #68 due to Kucherov and McDavid’s movement. | |
7/8/2021 | NHL | Andrei Vasilevskiy enters at #73, Toe Blake out from #100 | |
7/11/2021 | MMA | Dustin Poirier moves from #16 to #12 after second victory over Conor McGregor | |
7/11/2021 | MMA | Conor McGregor drops from #18 to #26 after second loss to Dustin Poirier | |
7/22/2021 | NBA | Steph Curry moves from #11 to #8 | |
7/22/2021 | NBA | Giannis moves from #28 to #14 | |
7/22/2021 | NBA | Kawhi Leonard passes Kevin Garnett but stays at #17 due to being leapfrogged by Giannis | |
7/22/2021 | NBA | Chris Paul moves from #26 to #22 | |
7/22/2021 | NBA | Russell Westbrook moves from #47 to #30 (movement from 2020-2021 season and additional adjustment due to being underranked) | |
7/22/2021 | NBA | Rudy Gobert moves from #57 to #50 | |
7/22/2021 | NBA | Damian Lillard moves from #63 to #51 | |
7/22/2021 | NBA | Paul George moves from #55 to #52 | |
7/22/2021 | NBA | Kyrie Irving moves from #88 to #59 | |
7/22/2021 | NBA | Nikola Jokic enters at #60, Nate Thurmond out from #100 | |
7/22/2021 | NBA | Jimmy Butler moves from #81 to #68 | |
7/22/2021 | NBA | Karl-Anthony Towns enters at #81, Blake Griffin out from #100 | |
7/22/2021 | NBA | Bradley Beal enters at #89, Grant Hill out from #100 | |
8/8/2021 | MMA | Cyril Gane enters at #59 after TKO over Derrick Lewis, Chael Sonnen out from #100 | |
9/26/0201 | MMA | A. Volkanovski moves up from #27 to #25 after victory over Brian Ortega | |
10/9/2021 | MMA | Marina Rodriguez moves from #24 to #22 after win over Mackenzie Dern | |
10/30/2021 | MMA | Glover Teixeira moves from #48 to #45 after win over Jan Blachowicz | |
10/30/2021 | MMA | Jan Blachowicz drops from #45 to #46 after loss to Glover Teixeira | |
10/30/2021 | MMA | Peter Yan moves from #61 to #60 after win over Cory Sandhagen | |
11/6/2021 | MMA | Kamaru Usman moves from #5 to #3 after win over Colby Covington | |
11/13/2021 | MMA | Max Halloway moves from #23 to #21 after win over Yair Rodriguez | |
11/16/2021 | MLB | Note: No movement into or within the top 100 for the 2021 MLB season. Max Scherzer inched closer to J. Verlander while J. Votto inched closer to D. Eckersley. Many players outside of the top 100 took major steps towards breaking in including Paul Goldschmidt, Jose Altuve, Nolan Arenado, Bryce Harper, Freddie Freeman, and Mookie Betts. | |
12/12/2012 | MMA | Charles Oliveira moves up from #74 to #34 after submission victory over Dustin Poirier | |
12/12/2021 | MMA | Dustin Poirier drop from #12 to #20 after loss to Charles Oliveira | |
12/12/2021 | MMA | Julianna Pena enters at #17 after submission win over Amanda Nunes, M. Coenen out from #25 | |
1/23/2022 | MMA | F. Ngannou moves from #11 to #7 after win over Cyril Gane | |
1/23/2022 | MMA | Brandon Moreno moves from #80 to #63 after loss to Deiveson Figueiredo (movement due, in part, to re-rank of the two GOATs at Fly) | |
1/23/2022 | MMA | Deiveson Figueiredo moves from #81 to #62 after win over Brandon Moreno | |
2/13/2022 | MMA | Israel Adesanya moves from #9 to #8 after decision over Robert Whittaker | |
3/23/2022 | NFL | Aaron Rodgers moves from #9 to #7 | |
3/23/2022 | NFL | Aaron Donald moves from #19 to #10 | |
3/23/2022 | NFL | Rob Gronkowski moves from #39 to #35 | |
3/23/2022 | NFL | Von Miller moves from #59 to #52 | |
3/23/2022 | NFL | Travis Kelce moves from #83 to #77 | |
3/23/2022 | NFL | Bobby Wagner moves from #86 to #82 | |
3/23/2022 | NFL | Russell Wilson moves from unranked to #89, Jim Parker out from #100 | |
4/9/2022 | MMA | A. Volkanovski moves up from #25 to #9 after combination of victory over Korean Zombie and ranking adjustment due to underranking | |
4/9/2022 | MMA | Aljamain Sterling moves from unranked to #63 after split decision victory over Petr Yan; Yan drops from 61-64; A. Gustafsson out from #100 | |
4/14/2022 | Wrestling | RVD in at #81, rectifying a “copy and paste” casualty | |
4/14/2022 | Wrestling | Bobby Lashley jumps from unranked to #76, Samoa Joe out from #100 | |
5/8/2022 | MMA | Michael Chandler moves from #78 to #77 after victory over T. Ferguson. Ferguson drops from #75 to #78 | |
5/8/2022 | MMA | Carla Esparza moves from #12 to #7 after victory over Rose Namajunas | |
5/8/2022 | MMA | Charles Oliveira moves from #34 to #26 after victory over Justin Gaethje | |
6/12/2022 | MMA | Weili Zhang moves from #5 to #4 after victory over Joanna Jedrzejczyk | |
6/12/2022 | MMA | Jiri Prochazka moves from #99 to #70 after victory over Glover Teixeira | |
6/26/2022 | NBA | James Harden moves from #12 to #14 after ranking adjustment due to overranking | |
6/26/2022 | NBA | Chris Paul moves from #22 to #20 following 2021-2022 NBA Season | |
6/26/2022 | NBA | Nikola Jokic moves from #60 to #32 following 2021-2022 NBA Season | |
6/26/2022 | NBA | Jimmy Butler moves from #68 to #66 following 2021-2022 NBA Season | |
6/26/2022 | NBA | Joel Embiid moves from unranked to #81 following 2021-2022 NBA Season; Mark Price out from #100 | |
7/3/2022 | MMA | Alexander Volkanovski moves from #9 to #5 after third victory over Max Holloway | |
7/3/2022 | MMA | Israel Adesanya moves from #8 to #6 after victory over Jared Cannonier | |
7/9/2022 | NHL | Alexander Ovechkin moves from #6 to #3 following 2021-2022 NHL Season | |
7/9/2022 | NHL | Sidney Crosby moves from #7 to #6 following 2021-2022 NHL Season | |
7/9/2022 | NHL | Connor McDavid moves from #36 to #24 following 2021-2022 NHL Season | |
7/9/2022 | NHL | Andrei Vasilevskiy moves from #73 to #37 following 2021-2022 NHL Season | |
7/9/2022 | NHL | Patrice Bergeron moves from #67 to #48 following 2021-2022 NHL season | |
7/9/2022 | NHL | Steve Stamkos moves from #88 to #63 following 2021-2022 NHL season | |
7/9/2022 | NHL | Anze Kopitar moves from #69 to #64 following 2021-2022 NHL season | |
7/9/2022 | NBA | Magic Johnson moves from #4 to #6 after ranking adjustment due to overranking | |
7/23/2022 | MMA | Curtis Blaydes jumps to #64 from unranked, ostensibly, after defeating Tom Aspinall. The move is primarily due to previous under-ranking. Vadim Nemkov drops out of top 100. | |
8/20/2022 | MMA | Leon Edwards jumps to #71 from unranked after TKO of Kamaru Usman. Urijah Faber drops out of top 100. | |
10/22/2022 | MMA | Islam Makhachev jumps to #28 from unranked after submitting Charles Oliveira. Don Frye drops out of top 100. | |
10/22/2022 | MMA | Aljamain Sterling jumps from #64 to #40 after TKO of TJ Dillashaw | |
11/12/2022 | MMA | Alex Pereira jumps to #81 from unranked after defeating Israel Adesanya. Dan Severn drops out of top 100. | |
11/12/2022 | MMA | Dustin Poirier moves from #21 to #19 after defeating Michael Chandler | |
11/18/2022 | MMA | Vadim Nemkov jumps to #94 from unranked after unanimous decision over Corey Anderson. Carlos Condit drops out of top 100. | |
11/21/2022 | MLB | Justin Verlander moves from #23 to #17 after the 2022 MLB Season. | |
12/10/2022 | MMA | Magomed Ankalaev jumps to #81 from unranked after split-decision draw against Jan Blachowicz. Jeremy Horn drops out of top 100. | |
1/21/2022 | MMA | Brandon Moreno moves from #64 to #31 after TKO win over Deiveson Figueiredo | |
2/11/2022 | MMA | Alexander Volkanovski moves from #5 to #3 after loss at lightweight to Islam Makhachev | |
2/22/2023 | NFL | Travis Kelce moves from #77 to #36 | |
2/22/2023 | NFL | Patrick Mahomes jumps from unranked to #42. Roosevelt Brown out from #100 | |
2/22/2023 | NFL | Bobby Wagner moves from #83 to #75 |