General Stuff in Life Poll: Your one & only sports GOAT

[Capn_Jackson]

I think there are several factors that make it difficult to determine a GOAT, but I have my picks in various sports.

MJ

Brady (damn him…)

Nolan (yeah, I’m biased)

Beltré (for non-pitchers, and again… heavily biased)

Pelé

Jack

Karch

Phelps

Simone

The Great One

[Ford2112]

Boxing- Ali

Hoops- Jordan

Baseball- Mays

Football- Rice

Hockey- Gretz

MMA- GSP/Fedor

Wrestling- The Nature Boy WHOOOOOOOO!!!

But the all time GOAT??

 

Arnold Schwarzenegger

[Chibearsv]

I’m in camp B. I think it’s impossible to objectively name a GOAT, especially in team sports. 

My GOAT is Tiger. He played the game in a way that nobody thought was possible. He had all the tools: skill, power, artistry, nerves of steel, and touch. 

[Cigar Surgeon]

I believe it's Wayne Gretzky, and if you look at his stat comparison and records and then compare it to someone like Michael Jordan, Jordan would have needed something like 20,000 more points to be in the same ballpark.

There's a reason he's called the Great One.

[BoliDan]

1 hour ago, Cigar Surgeon said:

I believe it's Wayne Gretzky, and if you look at his stat comparison and records and then compare it to someone like Michael Jordan, Jordan would have needed something like 20,000 more points to be in the same ballpark.

There's a reason he's called the Great One.

That's not how you spell Bobby Orr. Let's add in defense l stats as well.

[chasy]

11 hours ago, Ford2112 said:

Boxing- Ali

Hoops- Jordan

Baseball- Mays

Football- Rice

Hockey- Gretz

MMA- GSP/Fedor

Wrestling- The Nature Boy WHOOOOOOOO!!!

But the all time GOAT??

 

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Tell me you've watched the Arnold documentary (on Netflix)? He is the man.

[chasy]

Not sports, but he's the GOAT of Australians.

[Ruggerpgh99]

2 hours ago, BoliDan said:

That's not how you spell Bobby Orr. Let's add in defense l stats as well.

You are both spelling Mario Lemieux incorrectly. 

[Cigar Surgeon]

4 hours ago, BoliDan said:

That's not how you spell Bobby Orr. Let's add in defense l stats as well.

 

2 hours ago, Ruggerpgh99 said:

You are both spelling Mario Lemieux incorrectly. 

As they say, y'all are willllllldin'.

Wayne Gretzky holds 61 NHL records, many of which are considered unbreakable.

• Most career points: 2,857 in 1,487 games
• Most career goals: 894 in 1,487 games - now broken by Alexander Ovechkin
• Total career points, including playoffs at 3,239
• Most points single season: 215
• Most points single season w/playoffs: 255
• Most shorthanded goals: 73
• Youngest player to score 50 goals in a season
• Most points by NHL player in first year
• Most goals, including playoffs: 1,016 in 1,487 includes 122 playoff goals
• Most goals single season 92
• Most goals one season w/playoffs 100
• Most goals in one period at 4, tied with 10 other players
• Most career assist: 1,963
• Most career assists including playoffs: 2,223
• Most assists single season 163
• Most assists single game: 7
• Most single-season points: 25
• First 1,000 points in 424 games
• Second 1,000 points in 433 games
• Playoff goals 122
• Playoff assist 260
• Playoff hat tricks 10
• Game winning goals 24
• Single postseason point record of 47
• Single postseason record of 31 playoff assists wasn't broken until 2024
• Only player to reach 2,000 career points
• Only player to reach 3,000 career points, regular season and playoffs combined
• Only player to reach 1,000 career goals, regular season and playoffs combined
• Only player to reach 2,000 career assists, regular season and playoffs combined
• Finished his career with 1.921 points per game average
• Gretzky holds the record for most MVP awards of any player in North American professional sports.

I could go on for two or three more pages.  And it wasn't even just that he was the most amazing forward to play the game, he made the entire team better.

[Ford2112]

4 hours ago, chasy said:

Tell me you've watched the Arnold documentary (on Netflix)? He is the man.

Yes he is. 

[Chas.Alpha]

Another vote for the Great One.🏆

[BoliDan]

9 hours ago, Cigar Surgeon said:

As they say, y'all are willllllldin'.

Wayne Gretzky holds 61 NHL records, many of which are considered unbreakable.

• Most career points: 2,857 in 1,487 games
• Most career goals: 894 in 1,487 games - now broken by Alexander Ovechkin
• Total career points, including playoffs at 3,239
• Most points single season: 215
• Most points single season w/playoffs: 255
• Most shorthanded goals: 73
• Youngest player to score 50 goals in a season
• Most points by NHL player in first year
• Most goals, including playoffs: 1,016 in 1,487 includes 122 playoff goals
• Most goals single season 92
• Most goals one season w/playoffs 100
• Most goals in one period at 4, tied with 10 other players
• Most career assist: 1,963
• Most career assists including playoffs: 2,223
• Most assists single season 163
• Most assists single game: 7
• Most single-season points: 25
• First 1,000 points in 424 games
• Second 1,000 points in 433 games
• Playoff goals 122
• Playoff assist 260
• Playoff hat tricks 10
• Game winning goals 24
• Single postseason point record of 47
• Single postseason record of 31 playoff assists wasn't broken until 2024
• Only player to reach 2,000 career points
• Only player to reach 3,000 career points, regular season and playoffs combined
• Only player to reach 1,000 career goals, regular season and playoffs combined
• Only player to reach 2,000 career assists, regular season and playoffs combined
• Finished his career with 1.921 points per game average
• Gretzky holds the record for most MVP awards of any player in North American professional sports.

I could go on for two or three more pages.  And it wasn't even just that he was the most amazing forward to play the game, he made the entire team better.

Ill give it to you. Patrick Roy is still my favorite player. Forget the offensive guys.