[Legend killer]

Right from my sporting knowledge I have weighed up the pros and cons of each contender and decided who the GOAT was in that chosen sport. I could have gone into further sports but have decided to stick to sports which are most discussed on this board

The List in no order

NFL - JERRY RICE

Darts - Phil Taylor

NBA - Shaq O'Neal

Athletics - Michael Johnson

Football - Pele

Tennis - Roger Federer

Boxing - Floyd Mayweather JR

Cricket - Donald Bradman/Shane Warne

F1 - Michael Schumacher

Snooker - Ronnie O'Sullivan

Horse Racing - Tony McCoy

Golf - Tiger Woods

WWE - Triple H/Goldust

Notice I have 2 for cricket as a batsman and bowler both deserve acknowledgement. Just to point out I had Lara just behind Bradman and McGrath just behind Warne

Again I have 2 for Wrestling as I could not separate the two and although I have not watched in about 7 years this was during the golden era so I can say with confidence the has been no one better since

I have no woman as I count them as Men's equals and in the sports listed they are not close to being the GOAT

Me personally the GOATING top 3 goes like this

1.Floyd Mayweather
2. Shaq O'Neal
3. Ronnie O'Sullivan


I would like a lot of votes so we can safely say who TIBB think is the GOAT.

I have added the other option as I appreciate freedom of speech that said in the sports we are discussing there are no viable candidates for the GOAT role so although I will listen to your opinion it will not be processed

[Novo]

Toss up between Vika and Ally Mccoist

[Black Dagger]

Goldust

[Drew.]

Tiger Woods then Federer

[MTVN]

lol at picking Jerry Rice and not Joe Montana, Marino, or Elway

[Legend killer]

[MTVN]

Also as good as he was I would put quite a few players above Warne; Sobers, Botham, Viv Richards, Tendulkar, Lara, Murali etc.

[Novo]

very true ^

[Legend killer]

As I said MTVN I separated batters and bowlers. So that already takes Tendulkar.Richards and Lara out the equation as Bradman owns all off them combined. For reference I have Lara ahead of Tendulker

Murali i'm sorry but you can't be serious. Bowls with an illegal action which the authorities bent to rules around just to accommodate. To Boot he bowled in spin friendly condition more often then not whilst Warne was bowling in seam friendly pitches. What makes me LOVE Warne was his last ashes series. With McGrath down the bowling attack was so pathetic that Shane had to bowl with the bloody new ball and he Was fuken amazing with it nearly forcing victories from the jaws of defeat

[Legend killer]

Also Henry Shefflin will always be the undisputed GOAT but I will leave that for another day

[Novo]

[Legend killer]

Shout out to Valentino also sadly for him TIBB don't have much love for Moto GP

[Novo]

Shout out to Vitaly Scherbo

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Legend killer

As I said MTVN I separated batters and bowlers. So that already takes Tendulkar.Richards and Lara out the equation as Bradman owns all off them combined. For reference I have Lara ahead of Tendulker

Murali i'm sorry but you can't be serious. Bowls with an illegal action which the authorities bent to rules around just to accommodate. To Boot he bowled in spin friendly condition more often then not whilst Warne was bowling in seam friendly pitches. What makes me LOVE Warne was his last ashes series. With McGrath down the bowling attack was so pathetic that Shane had to bowl with the bloody new ball and he Was fuken amazing with it nearly forcing victories from the jaws of defeat

Fair enough I did not see the seperation and it is good that you have Lara above Tendulkar, still though Murali has more test wickets at a better average from fewer matches, hard to argue with that, plus they've reviewed his actions many times and found it legal. Murali had to pretty much carry that Sri Lanka to become as good a team as they were, Warne was playing for Australia when they were comfortably the best side in the world and had by far the strongest batting line up giving him a much more comfortable position

[Legend killer]

You say more comfortable postion but like I said Murali 95% of the time would have bowled in much more spin friendly conditions then Warne. Also I would put a huge amount of Money or Murili having bowled a fair majority more overs then Warne any way we can find this out???

[Legend killer]

Also the carrying part??? What exactly did he carry them too??? Put Warne in his place and they win a major tourney in that time

[MTVN]

Well the benefit Warne got from the strength of the Aussie's line up at least balances out Murali's advantage from playing in more spin friendly conditions, like you said you almost put McGrath in the poll but Sri Lanka didn't have any bowlers near his level to support Murali. The Aussies could just have McGrath and Gillespie take the wickets off most of the top order and then Shane just comes in and bowls at the rabbits, Murali had to do most of it by himself

Murali has bowled just under 7340 overs, 800 wickets at an average of 22.72

Warne has bowled 6784 overs, 708 wickets at an average of 25.41

That's in tests of course, can't be bothered to compare for other formats, pretty close but Murali edges it

[Legend killer]

Well played for finding out the overs I could not be bothered lol

So talking tests alone that's a difference of 556 overs for 92 wickets so that's a difference of something like 3300 and something balls that's a HUGE DIFFERENCE if we are being totally honest for just 92 wickets

Also those who have voted other bloody state who that other is

[Legend killer]

Also in the one day's I think the difference may be even greater TBH

[Legend killer]

Would love to know who voted for Shaq have a sneaky feeling it was SOBIG

[MTVN]

But going by what he achieved before Warne got a wicket just less than every 10 overs, so even if he had bowled those 556 overs he wouldn't have reached Murali's wicket total. Plus Murali bowled that many more overs in actually less tests than Warne which shows how much Sri Lanka relied on him

But anyway that is no disrespect to Shane, they are both great bowlers, Warne was the main reason I started out as a leg spinner until I realised I could barely turn the ball. Murali just edges it for me though

[Shaun]

i have gone for the almighty pele because he seems like a bit of a cool guy

[Legend killer]

Fair do's you at least you validated your point unlike some

That said GOATS GONNA GOAT I am afraid

[Legend killer]

[GiRTh]

No Michael Jordan? Your poll loses credibility right there.

Shaq aint even as good as Hakeem Olajuwan, Moses Malone, Wilt, Bill Russell etc. When you talk seriously about the greatest of all time you need to put a bit more thought into it. Sorry.