Why is Wilt Chamberlain Not in the GOAT Conversation?

If you are a basketball fan, chances are you have either believed at one time or still believe that Wilt Chamberlain is on the Mount Rushmore of professional basketball. Part of the reason you believe this is because he did things like score 100 points in an NBA game and average 50 points over an entire season. These feats are pretty spectacular. The other part of the reason you believe this is because people who don’t understand how much competition level matters tell you it’s true. So, it must be, right? Well, I’ll let you decide, but for all his exploits on the court, Chamberlain had the largest decline in career scoring average from regular season to playoffs in NBA history, played in a league that had just nine players who were taller than 6’9, and shot just 50% from the field during his record breaking season, including a meager 46.7% in the playoffs, despite playing against, by far, the weakest competition in NBA history. In fact, it wasn’t until he cut his field goal attempts in half during his age-30 season that his teams started to have success in the playoffs. Yes, all of those record breaking offensive achievements likely prevented playoff success. There are several players in NBA history who would have had little problem matching Chamberlain’s scoring prowess had they been afforded 40 shots per game by their head coach, and they likely would’ve done so with a much higher shooting percentage. This isn’t a Wilt thing, it’s an era thing. Chamberlain was the greatest player of a really flawed era. 

Let’s get right into the ugly underbelly of Chamberlain’s competition. We cannot begin any conversation about Chamberlain’s status on the all-time list without loudly and emphatically stating that he did his cooking on “easy mode.” He was not only the tallest player in the NBA, but he was also at least three inches taller than 92% of the league, and at least six inches taller than 78% of the league. In fact, there were only nine players in the NBA who were taller than 6’9 in 1962. By 1982, that number had ballooned to 73. Height is a physical trait, not a skill. Yet, 21 of the first 25 NBA MVPs played center. That says quite a bit about what was important in the NBA in the 1960s. As the league became more skilled, being tall stopped mattering as much. Starting with Larry Bird’s MVP in the 1983-84 NBA season, 34 of the next 37 NBA MVPs were not centers. Magic and Bird ushered in the era of skill, and the league has not looked back. Chamberlain was tall and athletic, and that was largely it. NBA competition was so watered down in the 60s that being tall and athletic was the only prerequisite to dominating the league. It is not hyperbole to suggest that DeAndre Jordan would have been a monster in the 1960s.  Footwork, skill, handles, and high-efficient shooting were merely a pipe dream. Chamberlain exclusively played within 10 feet of the basket because he had to. Consider he shot just 51% from the free throw line despite having nearly 12,000 attempts to figure it out. That’s worse than Shaq! 

Now, about that 100 point-game and 50-point scoring average.  On March 2, 1962, Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in an NBA game against a New York Knicks team that had just one player in the starting lineup taller than 6’6 (Cleveland Buckner, 6’9). Chamberlain hoisted a ludicrous 63 field goal attempts along with 32 free throw attempts, which means he took roughly 80 shots from the field if we include shot attempts in which he was fouled. Nobody has ever come close to taking that many shots in a single NBA game. In fact, Chamberlain missed 27 shots. Michael Jordan and LeBron James never averaged 27 shot attempts in their entire careers. For perspective, David Robinson entered the final game of the 1993-94 regular season in a razor-close battle with Shaquille O’Neal for the league scoring title. Robinson dropped 71 points largely by being force-fed the ball, just like Chamberlain’s teammates did in 1962. In a significantly more competitive NBA landscape, Robinson was much more efficient in his 71-point game than Chamberlain was in his 100-point game, beating him not just in field goal percentage (63.4% to 57.1%), but also in True Shooting % (68.3% to 64.9%). Robinson also scored 63% of San Antonio’s points compared to Chamberlain scoring 60% of Philadelphia’s. Several players throughout the history of the NBA had the talent to score 100 points in a game had they been gifted 80+ shot attempts, and many would’ve done it more efficiently. Robinson’s 71-point game provides a glimpse of that. The reason NBA teams don’t allow players to shoot that many times in a game is because it’s inefficient against good defenses. Chamberlain’s playoff success, or lack thereof, supports this.

Chamberlain took a lot of shots, and he missed a lot of shots. This is best exemplified by the 1961-62 season in which he averaged an NBA single-season record 50.4 points per game. While he chucked shots in 1962 like nobody before or since, he also missed a remarkable 1,562 shots, which is, by far, the highest total in NBA history. Nobody else has even missed 1,300 shots in a season. Chamberlain’s field goal percentage during his record-setting season was just 50.6%, despite shooting almost exclusively within 10 feet of the basket and playing against players who were several inches shorter than he was. That percentage would be borderline unplayable for a high-volume center in today’s NBA.

In the early days of the NBA, the league was regional, and the money was not lucrative. This resulted in a small talent pool to draw from. To water the league down even more, unofficial racial quotas made the league largely inaccessible to black athletes. Only 25% of the NBA was black in 1962. That number has been steadily above 70% since the late 70s. Chamberlain feasted on this compromised league and, even then, his numbers plummeted when it mattered most. Consider his career regular season scoring average was an impressive 30.1 points, but his playoff scoring average fell to just 22.5 points. While the league overall was competitively weak, there were good teams with legitimate defenses. These teams made life quite difficult for Chamberlain despite the fact that he was the most physically gifted player in the league by leaps and bounds. Modern basketball players prove every day that there’s more to the game than size and athleticism. That was true even in the 1960s as the Boston Celtics proved repeatedly throughout Chamberlain’s career. For all his dominance, Chamberlain was just 1-7 in playoff series against the Celtics.  

Wilt Chamberlain was the greatest basketball player of all-time once upon a time. He was the king of his era, but his era was a small pond compared to the lakes and oceans that have existed since. It’s OK to acknowledge how much better Chamberlain was than the very homogenized collection of athletes that existed in the league’s infancy. It’s also OK to rate him higher than any player from his era. In fact, it would be illogical not to. However, it is disrespectful to the sport to ignore how little skill was involved in professional basketball in the 1960s. It’s also disrespectful to the stars who have thrived in a drastically more inclusive and competitive NBA environment in the six decades since. 

The 100 Greatest Professional Wrestlers of All-Time

Every ranking update ever (Last wrestling update: 8/12/2025 Next scheduled wrestling update: May ’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.

RankingWrestler
1Hulk HoganWhy?
2“Stone Cold” Steve Austin
3The Rock
4John Cena
5Ric Flair
6The Undertaker
7Shawn Michaels
8“Macho Man” Randy Savage
9Roman Reigns
10Bret Hart
11Andre The Giant
12Brock Lesnar
13Seth Rollins
14Lou Thesz
15Buddy Rogers
16Bruno Sammartino
17Triple H
18Mick Foley
19Cody Rhodes
20Harley Race
21Dusty Rhodes
22Sting
23Gorgeous George
24Chris Jericho
25Kurt Angle
26Randy Orton
27Ted DiBiase
28Roddy Piper
29Terry Funk
30Daniel Bryan
31Edge
32Scott Hall
33CM Punk
34Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat
35Nick Bockwinkel
36Jake “The Snake” Roberts
37Kane
38Jerry “The King” Lawler
39AJ Styles
40John Moxley
41Bob Backlund
42The Big Show
43“Superstar” Billy Graham
44Mr. Perfect
45Chris Benoit
46Big Van Vader
47Kevin Nash
48Drew McIntyre
49Dory Funk Jr.
50Jack Brisco
51Bruiser Brody
52Pedro Morales
53Rick Rude
54The Ultimate Warrior
55Vern Gagne
56The Miz
57Kevin Owens
58Stan Hansen
59Jimmy Snuka
60Dick the Bruiser
61Ray Stevens
62Jey Uso
63Booker T.
64Rey Mysterio
65DDP
66Gunther
67The Sheik
68Jeff Hardy
69Eddie Guerrero
70Kenny Omega
71Goldberg
72Lex Luger
73Bam Bam Bigelow
74Ed “the Strangler” Lewis
75Abdullah the Butcher
76Kerry Von Erich
77Bray Wyatt
78Batista
79Bobby Lashley
80Scott Steiner
81The British Bulldog
82Sgt. Slaughter
83Goldust
84MJF
85Sami Zayn
86RVD
87Owen Hart
88Will Ospreay
89Rick Martel
90Rick Steiner
91Arn Anderson
92Sabu
93Ron Simmons
94Killer Kowalski
95Road Warrior Hawk
96Dynamite Kid
97Terry Gordy
98JBL
99The Crusher
100Wahoo McDaniel

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DateSportDetail
5/2/2021MMAJiri Prochazka enters at #96 after victory over Reyes, N. Diaz falls out from #100
5/9/2021MMAMarina Rodriguez moves from #25 to #24 after win over Michelle Waterson
5/16/2021MMACharles Oliveira enters at #73 after victory over M. Chandler, Michael Bisping out from #100
5/16/2021MMAT. Ferguson drops from #59 to #70 after loss to Beneil Dariush
5/22/2021MMACody Garbrandt falls out from #87 after losing unanimous dec. to Rob Font
5/22/2021MMAM. Bisping reenters at #100 due to Garbrandt falling out.
6/13/2021MMABrandon Moreno enters at #79 after victory over Deiveson Figueiredo, Michael Bisping out from #100
6/13/2021MMADeiveson Figueiredo drops from #79 to #80 after submission loss to Brandon Moreno
7/8/2021NHLPatrick Kane moves to #30 from #34
7/8/2021NHLNikita Kucherov moves to #35 from #82
7/8/2021NHLConnor McDavid from to #36 from #84
7/8/2021NHLPatrice 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.
7/8/2021NHLAndrei Vasilevskiy enters at #73, Toe Blake out from #100
7/11/2021MMADustin Poirier moves from #16 to #12 after second victory over Conor McGregor
7/11/2021MMAConor McGregor drops from #18 to #26 after second loss to Dustin Poirier
7/22/2021NBASteph Curry moves from #11 to #8
7/22/2021NBAGiannis moves from #28 to #14
7/22/2021NBAKawhi Leonard passes Kevin Garnett but stays at #17 due to being leapfrogged by Giannis
7/22/2021NBAChris Paul moves from #26 to #22
7/22/2021NBARussell Westbrook moves from #47 to #30 (movement from 2020-2021 season and additional adjustment due to being underranked)
7/22/2021NBARudy Gobert moves from #57 to #50
7/22/2021NBADamian Lillard moves from #63 to #51
7/22/2021NBAPaul George moves from #55 to #52
7/22/2021NBAKyrie Irving moves from #88 to #59
7/22/2021NBANikola Jokic enters at #60, Nate Thurmond out from #100
7/22/2021NBAJimmy Butler moves from #81 to #68
7/22/2021NBAKarl-Anthony Towns enters at #81, Blake Griffin out from #100
7/22/2021NBABradley Beal enters at #89, Grant Hill out from #100
8/8/2021MMACyril Gane enters at #59 after TKO over Derrick Lewis, Chael Sonnen out from #100
9/26/0201MMAA. Volkanovski moves up from #27 to #25 after victory over Brian Ortega
10/9/2021MMAMarina Rodriguez moves from #24 to #22 after win over Mackenzie Dern
10/30/2021MMAGlover Teixeira moves from #48 to #45 after win over Jan Blachowicz
10/30/2021MMAJan Blachowicz drops from #45 to #46 after loss to Glover Teixeira
10/30/2021MMAPeter Yan moves from #61 to #60 after win over Cory Sandhagen
11/6/2021MMAKamaru Usman moves from #5 to #3 after win over Colby Covington
11/13/2021MMAMax Halloway moves from #23 to #21 after win over Yair Rodriguez
11/16/2021MLBNote: 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.
12/12/2012MMACharles Oliveira moves up from #74 to #34 after submission victory over Dustin Poirier
12/12/2021MMADustin Poirier drop from #12 to #20 after loss to Charles Oliveira
12/12/2021MMAJulianna Pena enters at #17 after submission win over Amanda Nunes, M. Coenen out from #25
1/23/2022MMAF. Ngannou moves from #11 to #7 after win over Cyril Gane
1/23/2022MMABrandon Moreno moves from #80 to #63 after loss to Deiveson Figueiredo (movement due, in part, to re-rank of the two GOATs at Fly)
1/23/2022MMADeiveson Figueiredo moves from #81 to #62 after win over Brandon Moreno
2/13/2022MMAIsrael Adesanya moves from #9 to #8 after decision over Robert Whittaker
3/23/2022NFLAaron Rodgers moves from #9 to #7
3/23/2022NFLAaron Donald moves from #19 to #10
3/23/2022NFLRob Gronkowski moves from #39 to #35
3/23/2022NFLVon Miller moves from #59 to #52
3/23/2022NFLTravis Kelce moves from #83 to #77
3/23/2022NFLBobby Wagner moves from #86 to #82
3/23/2022NFLRussell Wilson moves from unranked to #89, Jim Parker out from #100
4/9/2022MMAA. Volkanovski moves up from #25 to #9 after combination of victory over Korean Zombie and ranking adjustment due to underranking
4/9/2022MMAAljamain Sterling moves from unranked to #63 after split decision victory over Petr Yan; Yan drops from 61-64; A. Gustafsson out from #100
4/14/2022WrestlingRVD in at #81, rectifying a “copy and paste” casualty
4/14/2022WrestlingBobby Lashley jumps from unranked to #76, Samoa Joe out from #100
5/8/2022MMAMichael Chandler moves from #78 to #77 after victory over T. Ferguson. Ferguson drops from #75 to #78
5/8/2022MMACarla Esparza moves from #12 to #7 after victory over Rose Namajunas
5/8/2022MMACharles Oliveira moves from #34 to #26 after victory over Justin Gaethje
6/12/2022MMAWeili Zhang moves from #5 to #4 after victory over Joanna Jedrzejczyk
6/12/2022MMAJiri Prochazka moves from #99 to #70 after victory over Glover Teixeira
6/26/2022NBAJames Harden moves from #12 to #14 after ranking adjustment due to overranking
6/26/2022NBAChris Paul moves from #22 to #20 following 2021-2022 NBA Season
6/26/2022NBANikola Jokic moves from #60 to #32 following 2021-2022 NBA Season
6/26/2022NBAJimmy Butler moves from #68 to #66 following 2021-2022 NBA Season
6/26/2022NBAJoel Embiid moves from unranked to #81 following 2021-2022 NBA Season; Mark Price out from #100
7/3/2022MMAAlexander Volkanovski moves from #9 to #5 after third victory over Max Holloway
7/3/2022MMAIsrael Adesanya moves from #8 to #6 after victory over Jared Cannonier
7/9/2022NHLAlexander Ovechkin moves from #6 to #3 following 2021-2022 NHL Season
7/9/2022NHLSidney Crosby moves from #7 to #6 following 2021-2022 NHL Season
7/9/2022NHLConnor McDavid moves from #36 to #24 following 2021-2022 NHL Season
7/9/2022NHLAndrei Vasilevskiy moves from #73 to #37 following 2021-2022 NHL Season
7/9/2022NHLPatrice Bergeron moves from #67 to #48 following 2021-2022 NHL season
7/9/2022NHLSteve Stamkos moves from #88 to #63 following 2021-2022 NHL season
7/9/2022NHLAnze Kopitar moves from #69 to #64 following 2021-2022 NHL season
7/9/2022NBAMagic Johnson moves from #4 to #6 after ranking adjustment due to overranking
7/23/2022MMACurtis 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.
8/20/2022MMALeon Edwards jumps to #71 from unranked after TKO of Kamaru Usman. Urijah Faber drops out of top 100.
10/22/2022MMAIslam Makhachev jumps to #28 from unranked after submitting Charles Oliveira. Don Frye drops out of top 100.
10/22/2022MMAAljamain Sterling jumps from #64 to #40 after TKO of TJ Dillashaw
11/12/2022MMAAlex Pereira jumps to #81 from unranked after defeating Israel Adesanya. Dan Severn drops out of top 100.
11/12/2022MMADustin Poirier moves from #21 to #19 after defeating Michael Chandler
11/18/2022MMAVadim Nemkov jumps to #94 from unranked after unanimous decision over Corey Anderson. Carlos Condit drops out of top 100.
11/21/2022MLBJustin Verlander moves from #23 to #17 after the 2022 MLB Season.
12/10/2022MMAMagomed Ankalaev jumps to #81 from unranked after split-decision draw against Jan Blachowicz. Jeremy Horn drops out of top 100.
1/21/2022MMABrandon Moreno moves from #64 to #31 after TKO win over Deiveson Figueiredo
2/11/2022MMAAlexander Volkanovski moves from #5 to #3 after loss at lightweight to Islam Makhachev
2/22/2023NFLTravis Kelce moves from #77 to #36
2/22/2023NFLPatrick Mahomes jumps from unranked to #42. Roosevelt Brown out from #100
2/22/2023NFLBobby Wagner moves from #83 to #75
3/18/2023MMALeon Edwards jumps from #72 to #13 after defeating Kamaru Usman
4/8/2023MMAJorge Masvidal drop out from #99 after losing to Gilbert Burns, Belal Muhammad enters at #100
4/22/23MMACurtis Blaydes drops from #66 to #92 after losing to Sergei Pavlovich
5/7/22MMAAljimain Sterling jumps from #42 to #27 after defeating Henry Cejudo
6/14/23NBANikola Jokic jumps from #32 to #14
6/14/23NBAJoel Embiid jumps from #81 to #33
6/14/23NBADamian Lillard jumps from #54 to #39
6/14/23NBAJimmy Butler jumps from #67 to #40
6/14/23NBALuka Doncic enters at #56, Kevin Johnson drops out of the top 100.
6/14/23NHLConnor McDavid moves from #24 to #15
6/14/23NHLErik Karlsson moves from #65 to #33
7/8/23MMAAlexandre Pantoja enters at #72 after defeating Brandon Moreno, Moreno falls from #33 to #38.
7/8/23MMARobert Whittaker drops from #18 to #29 after losing to Dricus Du Plesses
7/29/23MMAJustin Gaethje enters at #43 after losing to Dustin Poirier, B. Muhammad drops out
7/29/23MMAAlex Pereira jumps from #82 to #67 after defeating Jan Blachowicz, Blachowicz drops from #51 to #68.
8/24/23MMAAljamain Sterling drops from #27 to #37 after loss to Sean O’Malley
9/9/23MMAIsrael Adesanya drops from #5 to #6 after loss to Sean Strickland.
10/21/23MMAIslam Makhachev moves from # 29 to #27 after defeating Alexander Volkanovski.
10/21/23MMAKhamzat Chimaev enters the top 100 at #76 after defeating Kamaru Usman. Renan Barao moves out of the top 100.
11/11/23MMAAlex Pereira moves from #67 to #36 after defeating Jir Prochazka.
12/1/2023MLBNote: No movement into or within the top 100 for the 2023 MLB season. Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts inched closer towards the top 100.
12/16/23MMALeon Edwards moves from #13 to #11 after defeating Colby Covington.
1/20/24MMADricus Du Plessis enters the list at #77 after victory over Sean Strickland. Raphael Assuncao drops out of the top 100.
2/12/24NFLPatrick Mahomes moves from #42 to #32.
2/12/24NFLTravis Kelce moves from #36 to #33
2/12/24NFLTJ Watt enters the top 100 at #78. Carl Eller moves out of the top 100.
2/17/24MMAIlia Topuria enters the list at #77 after victory over Alexander Volkanovski. Pedro Rizzo drops out of top 100.
3/9/24MMASean O’Malley enters the list at #87 after victory over Marlon Vera. Sergei Kharitonov falls out of the top 100.
4/13/24MMAMax Halloway moves from #23 to #21 after win over Justin Gaethje.
4/13/24MMAArman Tsarukyan enters the list at #87 after victory over Charles Oliveira. Oliveira drops from #27 to #29. Vadim Nemkov falls out of the top 100.
4/13/24MMAAlex Pereira moves from #36 to #18 after victory over Jamahal Hill.
6/18/24NBANikola Jokic moves from #14 to #12 following the 2023-2024 NBA Season.
6/18/24NBAGiannis Antetokounmpo moves ahead of Karl Malone (stays at #13 after Giannis leapfrogged both to #12).
6/18/24NBAAnthony Davis moves from #35 to #31 following the 2023-2024 NBA Season.
6/18/24NBADamian Lillard moves from #39 to #37 following the 2023-2024 NBA Season.
6/18/24NBAScottie Pippen moves from #41 to #36 on a re-rank.
6/18/24NBARudy Gobert moves from #54 to #48 following the 2023-2024 NBA Season.
6/18/24NBAPaul George moves from #55 to #50 following the 2023-2024 NBA Season.
6/18/24NBALuka Doncic moves from #56 to #40 following the 2023-2024 NBA Season.
6/18/24NBAKyrie Irving moves from #63 to #57.
6/18/24NBAKarl-Anthony Towns moves from #83 to #80
6/18/24NBAJayson Tatum enters at #80 following the 2023-2024 season. Bob Lanier falls out of the top 100.
6/18/24NBAJaylen Brown enters at #81 following the 2023-2024 season. Dolphy Schayes falls out of the top 100.
6/18/24NBADomantas Sabonis enters at #83 following the 2023-2023 NBA Season. Billy Cunningham falls out of the top 100.
6/18/24NBADevin Booker enters at #84 following the 2023-2024 NBA Season. Robert Parish falls out of the top 100.
6/25/24NHLConnor McDavid moves from #14 to #8 following the 2023-2024 NHL Season.
6/25/24NHLNikita Kucherov moves from #37 to #30 following the 2023-2024 NHL Season.
6/25/24NHLSteve Stamkos moves from #64 to #58 following the 2023-2024 NHL Season.
6/25/24NHLAuston Matthews enters the list at #50 following the 2023-2024 NHL Season. Tim Horton falls out of the top 100.
6/25/24NHLJarome Iginla drop sto #58 on a re-rank.
6/25/24NHLLeon Draisaitl enters the list at #51 following the 2023-2024 NHL Season. Turk Broda falls out of the top 100.
6/25/24NHLNathan MacKinnon enters the list at #45 following the 2023-2024 NHL Season. Bill Cowley falls out of the top 100.
6/25/24NHLSergei Bobrovsky eners the list at #82 following the 2023-2024 NFL Season. Brendan Shanahan falls out of the top 100.
7/4/2024WrestlingBrock Lesnar moves from #26 to #12.
7/4/2024WrestlingRoman Reigns moves from #32 to #11.
7/4/2024WrestlingSeth Rollins moves from #31 to #16.
7/4/2024WrestlingCody Rhodes moves from #72 to #22.
7/4/2024WrestlingDrew McIntyre moves from #67 to #52.
7/4/2024WrestlingJey Uso enters at #84. Paul Orndorf falls out of the top-100.
7/4/2024WrestlingKevin Owens enters at #64. Tully Blanchard falls out of the top-100.
7/4/2024WrestlingMJF enters at #82. Kevin Von Erich falls out of the top-100.
7/4/2024WrestlingSami Zayn enters at #83. Junkyard Dog falls out of the top-100.
7/4/2024WrestlingGunther enters at #78. Michael Hayes falls out of the top-100.
7/4/2024MMAJustin Gaethje drops from #44 to #52 after re-rank.
7/4/2024MMAVadim Nemkov enters at #53. Joseph Benavidez falls out of top-100.
7/4/2024MMAIslam Makhachev moves from #27 to #6 after defeating Dustin Poirier.
7/4/2024MMADustin Poirier drops from #22 to #23 after loss to Islam Makhachev.
7/4/2024MMASean Strickland enters at #90 after win over Paulo Costa. Curtis Blaydes falls out of top-100.
7/4/2024MMAAlex Pereira moves from #19 to #14 after defeating Jiri Prochazka.
7/28/2024MMAPetr Yan reevaluation drops from #68 to #90.
7/28/2024MMABelal Muhammad enters the list at #33 after defeating Leon Edwards. Derrick Lewis drops out of top 100.
8/12/2024SoccerSoccer: Top-125 released
8/18/2024MMADricus Du Plessis jumps from #79 to #33 after defeating Israel Adesanya
9/15/24MMAMerab Dvalishvili jumps from unranked to #15 after defeating Sean O’Malley. Demian Maia drops out of top 100.
11/17/24MMAIllia Topuria jumps from #80 to #6 after victory over Max Halloway.
11/17/24MMAKhamzat Chamaev jumps from #79 to #17 after victory over Robert Whittaker.
11/17/24MLBFreddie Freeman enters the list at #94. Trevor Hoffman falls out of the top 100.
12/14/24MMAColby Covington drops from #67 to #93 after losing to Joaquin Buckley.
1/19/25MMAMerab Dvalishvili moves from #16 to #8 after defeating Umar Nurmagomedov.
1/25/25TennisTennis: Top-100 released
2/8/25MMADricus du Plessis moves from #36 to #14 after defeating Sean Strickland
2/22/25MMAHenry Cejudo drops from #19 to #24 after loss to Song Yadong (down on scorecards in 3rd when eye poke occurred)
2/25/25GolfGolf: Top-100 released
2/25/25NFLPatrick Mahomes moves from #32 to #12 following the 2024-25 season.
2/25/25NFLBobby Wagner moves from #75 to #64 following the 2024-25 season.
2/25/25NFLTJ Watt moves from #78 to #38.
2/25/25NFLDerrick Henry enters the list at #52 following the 2024-25 season. Gene Upshaw drops out of the top 100.
2/25/25NFLLamar Jackson enters the list at #59 following the 2024-25 season. Willie Brown drops out of the top 100.
2/25/25NFLJosh Allen enters the list at #86 following the 2024-25 season. Don Hutson drops out of the top 100.
2/25/25NFLMyles Garrett enters the list at #87 following the 2024-2025 season. Bart Starr drops out of the top 100.
3/9/25MMAAlex Pereira drops from #17 to #20 after losing to Magomed Ankalaev
3/9/25MMAMagomed Ankalaev jumps from #87 to #15 after defeating Alex Pereira
3/23/25MMASean Brady moves into the list at #92 after defeating Leon Edwards. Nate Marquardt falls out of the top 100.
3/30/25MMADemetrious Johnson moves #26 to #24 after reevaluation.
3/30/25MMARobert Whittaker drops from #25 to #27 after reevaluation
4/5/25NHLAlexander Ovechkin moves from #3 to #2 after becoming the most prolific goal-scorer in NHL history.
4/5/25NHLMario Lemieux moves from #4 to #3 after reevaluation.
4/13/25MMAPatricio Pitbull drops from #87 to #100 after loss to Yair Rodriguez, and reevaluation.
4/13/25MMAMichael Chandler drops out of the list from #93 after loss to Paddy Pimblett, and reevaluation. Tom Aspinall enters at #98.
4/26/25WrestlingRoman Reigns moves from #11 to #9.
4/26/25WrestlingSeth Rollins moves from #16 to #13.
4/26/25WrestlingMick Foley moves from #21 to #18 after reevaluation.
4/26/25WrestlingCody Rhodes moves from #19 to #22.
4/26/25WrestlingCM Punk moves from #44 to #33.
4/26/25WrestlingKevin Nash moves from #51 to #47 after reevaluation.
4/26/25WrestlingDrew McIntyre moves from #52 to #48.
4/26/25WrestlingKevin Owens moves from #64 to #57.
4/26/25WrestlingJey Uso moves from #88 to #62.
4/26/25WrestlingGunther moves from #79 to #65.
4/26/25WrestlingMJF moves from #84 to #80.
4/26/25WrestlingSami Zayn moves from #85 to #81.
4/26/25WrestlingWill Ospreay enters the list at #87. Gene Kiniski falls out of the top 100.
4/26/25WrestlingOwen Hart moves from #99 to #87 after reevaluation.
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5/11/25MMAJack Della Madallena enters the list at #90 after defeating Belal Muhammad. Patricio Pitbull falls out of the top 100.
5/11/25MMAAlexandre Pantoja moves from #79 to #34 after reevaluation.
5/11/25MMAShavkat Rakhmonov enters the list at #98 after reevaluation. Rory MacDonald falls out of the top 100.
6/22/25NHLConnor McDavid moves from #8 to #7 following the 2024-25 NHL season.
6/22/25NHLPhil Esposito moves from #12 to #16 after reevaluation.
6/22/25NHLBobby Hull moves from #17 to #15 after reevaluation.
6/22/25NHLErik Karlsson moves from #34 to #47 after reevaluation.
6/22/25NHLMike Bossy moves from #39 to #34 after reevaluation.
6/22/25NHLNikita Kucherov moves from #30 to #26 following the 2024-25 NHL season.
6/22/25NHLAndrei Vasilevskiy moves from #38 to #37 following the 2024-25 NHL season.
6/22/25NHLNathan MacKinnon moves from #45 to #35 following the 2024-25 NHL season.
6/22/25NHLLeon Draisaitl moves from #52 to #36 following the 2024-25 NHL season.
6/22/25NHLSergei Bobrovsky moves from #82 to #70 following the 2024-25 NHL season.
6/22/25NHLConnor Hellebuyck enters the list at #41 following the 2024-25 NHL season. Charlie Conacher falls out of the top 100.
6/22/25NHLCale Makar enters the list at #62 following the 2024-25 NHL season. Frank Nighbor falls out of the top 100.
6/22/25NHLVictor Hedman enters the list at #81 following the 2024-25 NHL season. Bill Cook falls out of the top 100.
6/23/25NBASteph Curry moves from #8 to #6 following the 2024-25 NBA season.
6/23/25NBANikola Jokic moves from #12 to #10 following the 2024-25 NBA season.
6/23/25NBAJayson Taum moves from #80 to #57 following the 2024-25 NBA season.
6/23/25NBAKarl-Anthony Towns moves from #82 to #77 following the 2024-25 NBA season.
6/23/25NBADomantas Sabonis moves from #84 to #78 following the 2024-2025 NBA season.
6/23/25NBADevin Booker moves from #84 to #74 following the 2024-25 NBA season.
6/23/25NBAJaylen Brown moves from #81 to #79 following the 2024-25 NBA season.
6/23/25NBAShai Gilgeous-Alexander enters the list at #28 following the 2024-25 NBA season. Paul Arizin falls out of the top 100.
6/23/25NBADonovan Mitchell enters the list at #76 following the 2024-25 NBA season. Tiny Archibald falls out of the top 100.
6/23/25NBAAnthony Edwards enters the list at #90 following the 2024-25 NBA season. Sidney Moncrief falls out of the top 100.
6/23/25NBADavid Robinson moves from #16 to #15 after reevaluation.
6/23/25NBAKawhi Leonard moves from #18 to #21 after reevaluation.
6/23/25NBAChris Paul moves from #21 to #27 after reevaluation.
6/23/25NBARick Barry moves from #28 to #30 after reevaluation.
6/23/25NBAClyde Drexler moves from #39 to #48 after reevaluation.
6/23/25NBAGeorge Gervin moves from #41 to #35 after reevaluation.
6/23/25NBADwight Howard moves from #48 to #37 after reevaluation.
6/23/25NBAPaul George moves from #51 to #75 after reevaluation.
6/23/25NBATracy McGrady moves from #70 to #56 after reevaluation.
6/23/25NBARudy Gobert moves from #49 to #66 after reevaluation.
6/23/25NBAPatrick Ewing moves from #50 to #38 after reevaluation.
6/23/25NBADamian Lillard moves from #38 to #47 after reevaluation.
6/23/25NBAPau Gasol moves from #53 to #46 after reevaluation.
8/12/25WrestlingStone Cold Steve Austin moves from #3 to #2 after reevaluation.
8/12/25WrestlingThe Rock moves to #5 to #3 after reevaluation.
8/12/25WrestlingJohn Cena moves from #6 to #4 after reevaluation.