Every ranking update ever (Last tennis update: 1/10/26 Next tennis update: December ’26)

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The Rules

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Rank	Player			Years	Country
1	Novak Djokovic		Why?	2003-active	Serbia
2	Roger Federer			1998-2022	Switzerland
3	Rafael Nadal			2001-2024	Spain
4	Pete Sampras			1988-2002	USA
5	Rod Laver			1956-1979	Australia
6	Björn Borg			1973-1984, 1991-1993	Sweden
7	Jimmy Connors			1972-1996	USA
8	Ivan Lendl			1978-1994	Czechoslovakia
9	Andre Agassi			1986-2006	USA
10	John McEnroe			1976-2006	USA
11	Andy Murray	🔵	Why?	2005-2024	Scotland
12	Boris Becker			1984-1999	Germany
13	Stefan Edberg			1983-1996	Sweden
14	Mats Wilander			1981-1996	Sweden
15	Pancho Gonzales			1949-1974	USA
16	Ken Rosewall			1956-1980	Australia
17	Bill Tilden			1910-1946	USA
18	Carlos Alcaraz			2018-active	Spain
19	Jannik Sinner			2018-active	Italy
20	Jack Kramer			1937-1954	USA
21	John Newcombe			1960-1981	Australia
22	Jim Courier			1988-2000	USA
23	Don Budge			1932-1961	USA
24	Ellsworth Vines			1930-1940	USA
25	Roy Emerson			1951-1983	Australia
26	Arthur Ashe			1959-1980	USA
27	Ilie Năstase			1966-1985	Romania
28	Guillermo Vilas			1968-1992	Argentina
29	Stan Wawrinka			2002-active	Switzerland
30	Daniil Medvedev			2014-active	Russia
31	Lleyton Hewitt			1998-2020	Australia
32	Andy Roddick			2000-2015	USA
33	Marat Safin			1997-2009	Russia
34	Patrick Rafter			1991-2001	Australia
35	Gustavo Kuerten			1995-2008	Brazil
36	René Lacoste			1922-1932	France
37	Henri Cochet			1922-1958	France
38	Hans Nüsslein			1926-1957	Germany
39	Gottfried von Cramm			1931-1952	Germany
40	Goran Ivanišević			1988-2004	Croatia
41	Juan Carlos Ferrero			1988-2012	Spain
42	Thomas Muster			1985-2011	Austria
43	Yevgeny Kafelnikov			1992-2010	Russia
44	Carlos Moyá			1995-2010	Spain
45	Juan Martin Del Potro			2005-2022	Argentina
46	Michael Chang			1988-2003	USA
47	Dominic Thiem			2011-2024	Austria
48	Michael Stich			1988-1997	Germany
49	Jaroslav Drobný			1938-1969	Czechoslovakia
50	Pancho Segura			1939-1970	Ecuador/USA
51	Bobby Riggs			1933-1962	USA
52	Sergi Bruguera			1988-2002	Spain
53	Tony Roche			1963-1979	Australia
54	Stan Smith			1964-1985	USA
55	Jan Kodeš			1966-1983	Czechoslovakia
56	Fred Perry			1929-1959	England
57	Lew Hoad			1950-1973	Australia
58	Tony Trabert			1945-1963	USA
59	Frank Sedgman			1953-1976	Australia
60	Stefanos Tsitsipas			2016-active	Greece
61	Alexander Zverev			2013-active	Germany
62	Jack Crawford			1926-1951	Australia
63	David Ferrer			2000-2019	Spain
64	Tomáš Berdych			2002-2019	Czech Republic
65	Yannick Noah			1977-1996	France
66	Vitus Gerulaitis			1971-1986	USA
67	Pat Cash			1982-2006	Australia
68	Jean Borotra			1920-1956	France
69	Laurence Doherty			1893-1910	England
70	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga			2004-2022	France
71	David Nalbandian			2000-2013	Argentina
72	Manuel Orantes			1964-1983	Spain
73	Miloslav Mečíř			1982-1990	Czechoslovakia
74	Marcelo Ríos			1994-2004	Chile
75	Budge Patty			1940-1960	USA
76	Tom Okker			1964-1981	Netherlands
77	Petr Korda			1987-2005	Czech Republic
78	Tim Henman			1993-2007	England
79	William Larned			1890-1911	USA
80	Tommy Haas			1996-2018	Germany
81	Kei Nishikori			2007-active	Japan
82	Alex Corretja			1991-2005	Spain
83	Casper Ruud			2015-active	Norway
84	Marin Čilić			2005-active	Croatia
85	Anthony Wilding			1904-1914	New Zealand
86	Richard Krajicek			1989-2003	Netherlands
87	Guillermo Coria			2000-2009	Argentina
88	Nikolay Davydenko			1999-2014	Russia
89	Thomas Enqvist			1991-2005	Sweden
90	Milos Raonic			2008-active	Canada
91	Andrés Gimeno			1960-1974	Spain
92	Andrés Gómez			1979-1995	Ecuador
93	Adriano Panatta			1969-1983	Italy
94	Andrei Medvedev			1991-2001	Ukraine
95	Andrey Rublev			2014-active	Russia
96	Grigor Dimitrov			2008-active	Bulgaria
97	Todd Martin			1990-2004	USA
98	Wayne Ferreira			1989-2005	S. Africa
99	Cédric Pioline			1989-2002	France
100	Robin Söderling			2001-2011	Sweden

The rest of the best tennis players of all time.

Every ranking update ever (Last golf update: 1/2/26 Next golf update: January ’26)

The making of the list.

The Rules

If you disagree with the placement of an athlete whose prime occurred before 1975, please read The ChatGPT Cautionary Tale before commenting.

Historically undervalued: 🔵

Rank	Player			Years	Country
1	Tiger Woods		Why?	1999-active	USA
2	Jack Nicklaus			1957-2005	USA
3	Phil Mickelson	🔵	Why?	1990-active	USA
4	Ben Hogan			1934-1967	USA
5	Sam Snead			1937-1983	USA
6	Arnold Palmer			1952-2004	USA
7	Tom Watson			1970-2016	USA
8	Gary Player			1956-2009	S. Africa
9	Rory McIIroy			2007-active	N. Ireland
10	Bobby Jones			1916-1948	USA
11	Scottie Scheffler			2016-active	USA
12	Ernie Els	🔵		1989-active	S. Africa
13	Nick Faldo			1976-2015	England
14	Seve Ballesteros			1975-2007	Spain
15	Lee Trevino			1966-2000	USA
16	Greg Norman	🔵		1977-2009	Australia
17	Brooks Koepka			2012-active	USA
18	Walter Hagen			1913-1942	USA
19	Gene Sarazen			1920-1976	USA
20	Byron Nelson			1934-1966	USA
21	Vijay Singh			1989-active	Fiji
22	Nick Price			1975-2006	Zimbabwe
23	Dustin Johnson			2008-active	USA
24	Bernhard Langer			1976-2023	Germany
25	Billy Casper			1956-2005	USA
26	Raymond Floyd			1963-2009	USA
27	Jordan Spieth			2012-active	USA
28	Ben Crenshaw			1970-2015	USA
29	Hale Irwin			1966-2004	USA
30	Payne Stewart			1981-1999	USA
31	Xander Schauffele			2017-active	USA
32	Pádraig Harrington			1996-active	Ireland
33	Jon Rahm			2016-active	Spain
34	Justin Thomas			2014-active	USA
35	Sergio Garcia			1996-active	Spain
36	Justin Rose			1998-acitve	England
37	Jason Day			2010-active	Australia
38	Adam Scott			2000-active	Australia
39	Julius Boros			1950-1980	USA
40	Harry Vardon			1893-1929	Jersey
41	John Henry Taylor			1893-1929	England
42	James Braid			1894-1938	Scotland
43	José María Olazábal			1984-2018	Spain
44	Johnny Miller			1966-1994	USA
45	Larry Nelson			1976-2011	USA
46	Davis Love III			1986-2020	USA
47	Fred Couples			1979-2024	USA
48	Jim Furyk	🔵		1994-2022	USA
49	Cary Middlecoff			1946-1971	USA
50	Lanny Wadkins			1970-2001	USA
51	Tom Kite			1970-2004	USA
52	Tom Weiskopf			1965-2004	USA
53	Reteif Goosen			1999-2012	S. Africa
54	Louis Oosthuizen	🔵		2004-active	S. Africa
55	Henrik Stenson			2001-active	Sweden
56	Lee Westwood	🔵		1995-2022	England
57	Martin Kaymer			2008-active	Germany
58	David Duval			1990-2022	USA
59	Steve Elkington	🔵		1988-2011	Australia
60	Justin Leonard			1993-2024	USA
61	Hubert Green			1969-1996	USA
62	Curtis Strange			1975-2002	USA
63	Mark O’Meara			1980-2018	USA
64	Bryson DeChambeau			2015-active	USA
65	Ian Woosnam			1982-2021	Wales
66	Fuzzy Zoeller			1976-2009	USA
67	Tom Lehman			1986-2019	USA
68	Collin Morikawa			2019-active	USA
69	Bubba Watson			2004-active	USA
70	Zach Johnson			2004-active	USA
71	Angel Cabrera			1997-2019	Argentina
72	Sandy Lyle			1974-2013	Scotland
73	Lee Janzen			1985-2015	USA
74	David Graham			1970-1995	Australia
75	Jerry Pate			1975-2011	USA
76	Dave Stockton			1968-1997	USA
77	Paul Azinger			1983-2009	USA
78	Hal Sutton			1980-2005	USA
79	Tommy Fleetwood			2014-active	England
80	Leo Diegel			1920-1939	USA
81	Jimmy Demaret			1935-1967	USA
82	Denny Shute			1926-1972	USA
83	Tony Jacklin			1963-2007	England
84	Colin Montgomerie	🔵		1990-2016	Scotland
85	Luke Donald			1999-2024	England
86	Craig Wood			1925-1964	USA
87	Ralph Guldahl			1930-1973	USA
88	Ian Poulter			2000-2022	England
89	Rickie Fowler			2008-active	USA
90	Hideki Matsuyama			2011-active	Japan
91	Matt Kuchar			1998-active	USA
92	Corey Pavin			1981-2010	USA
93	Darren Clarke			1991-active	N. Ireland
94	Stewart Cink			1996-active	USA
95	Peter Thomson			1951-1984	Australia
96	Steve Stricker	🔵		1993-2021	USA
97	Craig Stadler			1974-2014	USA
98	Andy North			1974-1995	USA
99	John Daly			1986-2024	USA
100	David Toms			1996-2019	USA

The rest of the best golfers of all time.

Every ranking update ever (Last MMA update: 1/1/26)

The making of the list.

The Rules

If you disagree with the placement of an athlete whose prime occurred before 1975, please read The ChatGPT Cautionary Tale before commenting.

Rank	Fighter		Years
1	Jon Jones	Why?	2008-active
2	Islam Makhachev		2010-active
3	Anderson Silva		1997-2020
4	Alexander Volkanovski		2012-active
5	George St-Pierre		2002-2017
6	Khabib Nurmagomedov		2008-2020
7	Ilia Topuria		2015-active
8	Khamzat Chimaev		2018-active
9	Merab Dvalishvili		2013-active
10	Daniel Cormier		2009-2020
11	Stipe Miocic		2010-2024
12	Alex Pereira		2015-active
13	Israel Adesanya		2009-active
14	Fedor Emelianenko		2000-active
15	Francis Ngannou		2013-active
16	Dricus Du Plessis		2013-active
17	Kamaru Usman		2012-active
18	Max Holloway		2010-active
19	Dominick Cruz		2003-active
20	Magomed Ankalaev		2014-active
21	Lyoto Machida		2003-active
22	Dan Henderson		1997-2016
23	Shogun Rua		2002-active
24	Demetrious Johnson	Why?	2007-active
25	Leon Edwards		2011-active
26	Henry Cejudo		2013-active
27	Fabricio Werdum		2002-active
28	Rampage Jackson		1999-active
29	Alexandre Pantoja		2007-active
30	Chuck Liddell		1998-2010
31	Randy Couture		1997-2011
32	Matt Hughes		1998-2013
33	Alistair Overeem		1999-active
34	Charles Oliveira		2008-active
35	Dustin Poirier		2009-active
36	Conor McGregor		2008-active
37	Jose Aldo		2004-active
38	Frank Shamrock		1994-2010
39	Royce Gracie		1993-2016
40	Rashad Evans		2003-2018
41	Tito Ortiz		1997-active
42	Wanderlei Silva		1996-2018
43	Robert Whittaker		2009-active
44	Aljamain Sterling		2010-active
45	Brandon Moreno		2011-active
46	Cain Velasquez		2006-2019
47	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira		1999-2015
48	Junior dos Santos		2006-active
49	Chris Weidman		2009-active
50	Petr Yan		2014-active
51	Ken Shamrock		1993-2016
52	Bas Rutten		1993-2006
53	Rickson Gracie		1980-2000
54	Anthony Johnson		2006-active
55	Vitor Belfort		1996-active
56	Jake Shields		1999-active
57	Forrest Griffin		2001-2012
58	Glover Teixeira		2002-active
59	Justin Gaethje		2011-active
60	Vadim Nemkov		2013-active
61	Ryan Bader		2007-active
62	Phil Davis		2008-active
63	Frankie Edgar		2005-active
64	Mirko Cro Cop		2001-2019
65	Ricardo Arona		2000-2009
66	Gegard Mousasi		2003-active
67	Antonio Rogerio Nogueira		2000-2020
68	Kazushi Sakuraba		1996-active
69	TJ Dillashaw		2010-active
70	Josh Barnett		1997-2016
71	Masakatsu Funaki		1993-2012
72	Cyril Gane		2018-active
73	Deiveson Figueiredo		2012-active
74	Jan Blachowicz		2007-active
75	Belal Muhammad		2012-active
76	Mark Coleman		1996-2010
77	Yoel Romero		2009-active
78	Nick Diaz		2001-2015
79	BJ Penn		2001-2019
80	Tyron Woodley		2006-active
81	Jiri Prochazka		2012-active
82	Luke Rockhold		2007-active
83	Jacare Souza		2003-active
84	Stephen Thompson		2010-active
85	Eddie Alvarez		2003-active
86	Rich Franklin		1999-2015
87	Rafael dos Anjos		2004-active
88	Arman Tsarukyan		2015-active
89	Sean O’Malley		2013-active
90	Sean Strickland		2008-active
91	Jack Della Maddalena		2016-active
92	Sean Brady		2014-active
93	Colby Covington		2012-active
94	Tony Ferguson		2008-active
95	Anthony Pettis		2007-active
96	Benson Henderson		2006-active
97	Robbie Lawler		2001-active
98	Shavkat Rakhmonov		2014-active
99	Tom Aspinall		2014-active
100	Frank Mir		2001-active

The rest of the best MMA fighters of all time.