The Rules

  • 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, and hockey 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 when new perspectives emerge.
  • Honorable mention length is based on the total number of athletes who have participated in the sport.
  • 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, comment on the post, hit me up on Twitter: https://twitter.com/The100Greatest, or 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 “Making the Cut” for that specific sport.
  • These lists will never be “right,” but the aim is to keep getting closer to right.