• Players aren’t eligible until they’ve played five seasons.
• PEDs are NOT factored in. Here’s why.
• Baseball100 is limited to MLB. Here’s why.
• Hockey100 is limited to the NHL. Here’s why.
• Wrestling100 has a U.S. and Canada promotion emphasis. Here’s why
• Rankings for active players are where they’d stand if their careers ended today.
• Updates for active athletes in baseball, basketball, football, hockey, and soccer will occur at the end of each season.
• Updates for active mixed martial artists and professional wrestlers will occur on a rolling basis as events dictate.
• Updates for ALL retired athletes will occur if/when new perspectives emerge.
• Honorable mention (“The Overflow”) length is based on the total number of athletes who have participated in the sport.
• “The Overflow” does not include active players.
• The timeline for lineal GOATS begins the years that MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, and UFC were founded.
• If you want to suggest an adjustment in the rankings, email me at Jake.The100Greatest@gmail.com
• The persuasiveness of your suggestion goes up by a factor of a billion if you still feel good about it after reading the content in the “About” section and “The History” for that specific sport.
• These lists will never be “right,” but the aim is to keep getting closer to right.