Greatest Athletes of All Time Community Rankings
The cumulative ranking of all 32 entrants, built from 10 completed Greatest Athletes of All Time brackets and 310 head-to-head picks. Michael Jordan currently leads on win rate.
Last updated August 15, 2026
Play the Greatest Athletes of All Time bracket10
brackets completed
310
picks recorded
32
entrants with results
Full community ranking
- 1
Michael Jordan
28W - 9L · won 1 bracket
76%
win rate
- 2
Tom Brady
23W - 8L · won 2 brackets
74%
win rate
- 3
Michael Phelps
21W - 8L · won 2 brackets
72%
win rate
- 4
Lionel Messi
17W - 9L · won 1 bracket
65%
win rate
- 5
Diego Maradona
16W - 9L · won 1 bracket
64%
win rate
- 6
LeBron James
17W - 10L
63%
win rate
- 7
Cristiano Ronaldo
15W - 9L · won 1 bracket
63%
win rate
- 8
Pele
15W - 10L
60%
win rate
- 9
Muhammad Ali
14W - 10L
58%
win rate
- 10
Simone Biles
14W - 10L
58%
win rate
- 11
Babe Ruth
12W - 9L · won 1 bracket
57%
win rate
- 12
Usain Bolt
10W - 9L · won 1 bracket
53%
win rate
- 13
Novak Djokovic
10W - 10L
50%
win rate
- 14
Mike Tyson
9W - 10L
47%
win rate
- 15
Kobe Bryant
9W - 10L
47%
win rate
- 16
Lewis Hamilton
9W - 10L
47%
win rate
- 17
Tiger Woods
8W - 10L
44%
win rate
- 18
Roger Federer
7W - 10L
41%
win rate
- 19
Shaquille O'Neal
7W - 10L
41%
win rate
- 20
Stephen Curry
7W - 10L
41%
win rate
- 21
Serena Williams
6W - 10L
38%
win rate
- 22
Jackie Robinson
6W - 10L
38%
win rate
- 23
Jim Brown
6W - 10L
38%
win rate
- 24
Wayne Gretzky
5W - 10L
33%
win rate
- 25
Barry Bonds
5W - 10L
33%
win rate
- 26
Nadia Comaneci
5W - 10L
33%
win rate
- 27
Rafael Nadal
3W - 10L
23%
win rate
- 28
Jesse Owens
2W - 10L
17%
win rate
- 29
Carl Lewis
2W - 10L
17%
win rate
- 30
Connor McDavid
2W - 10L
17%
win rate
- 31
Bo Jackson
0W - 10L
0%
win rate
- 32
Jack Nicklaus
0W - 10L
0%
win rate
How this ranking works
How is the Greatest Athletes of All Time community ranking calculated?
Every completed Greatest Athletes of All Time bracket adds one result to the pool. Each head-to-head pick is recorded as a win for one entrant and a loss for the other, and entrants are ordered by win rate across all 310 matchups played so far. Champion counts are tracked separately so a lucky draw cannot pass as a favourite.
Why use win rate instead of how often something wins the bracket?
Brackets are shuffled, so an entrant can reach the final without beating anything difficult. Win rate counts every matchup an entrant appeared in, which is a fairer read on how people actually feel about it. Champion counts are shown next to it for the entrants that keep taking the title.
How often does this ranking update?
Continuously. The page rebuilds every few minutes, so a bracket you finish now shows up here shortly afterwards. Last refreshed August 15, 2026.
Does my own ranking have to match this one?
No — this is the aggregate, not a verdict. Play the greatest athlete of all time yourself and you get a private result page with your own order, which you can share and compare against the community list here.