Top 10 Year Average Ranking 1869-2021

Top 10 Year Average Ranking 1869 - 2021

#	Rider	Career	Avg Score	Total Score	Rank
1.	Eddy MERCKX 1964 - 1978	1964 - 1978	5378	58967	1
2.	Sean KELLY 1977 - 1994	1977 - 1994	3813	46230	2
3.	Francesco MOSER 1971 - 1988	1971 - 1988	3266	38535	5
4.	Bernard HINAULT 1975 - 1986	1975 - 1986	3258	33755	10
5.	Gino BARTALI 1934 - 1954	1934 - 1954	3253	45822	3
6.	Alejandro VALVERDE BELMONTE 2000 - 2021	2000 - 2021	3083	42894	4
7.	Felice GIMONDI 1963 - 1979	1963 - 1979	2974	35517	9
8.	Roger DE VLAEMINCK 1967 - 1988	1967 - 1988	2931	35563	8
9.	Jacques ANQUETIL 1952 - 1969	1952 - 1969	2861	33724	11
10.	Laurent JALABERT 1988 - 2002	1988 - 2002	2830	32584	14
11.	Fausto COPPI 1938 - 1959	1938 - 1959	2747	33028	13
12.	Rik VAN LOOY 1952 - 1970	1952 - 1970	2732	33121	12
13.	Joop ZOETEMELK 1969 - 1987	1969 - 1987	2697	38057	6
14.	Fiorenzo MAGNI 1938 - 1956	1938 - 1956	2644	28106	22
15.	Costante GIRARDENGO 1912 - 1936	1912 - 1936	2642	31184	15
16.	Alberto CONTADOR VELASCO 2001 - 2017	2001 - 2017	2639	29839	18
17.	Lance ARMSTRONG 1990 - 2011	1990 - 2011	2625	30527	16
18.	Miguel INDURÁIN LARRAYA 1984 - 1996	1984 - 1996	2576	26948	24
19.	Raymond POULIDOR 1960 - 1977	1960 - 1977	2502	36183	7
20.	Alfredo BINDA 1921 - 1942	1921 - 1942	2488	26150	25
21.	Louison BOBET 1946 - 1962	1946 - 1962	2445	28644	20
22.	Jan JANSSEN 1960 - 1973	1960 - 1973	2420	24611	31
23.	Tony ROMINGER 1985 - 1997	1985 - 1997	2329	24217	33
24.	Vincenzo NIBALI 2004 - 2021	2004 - 2021	2315	28310	21
25.	Christopher FROOME 2006 - 2021	2006 - 2021	2309	23539	36
26.	Franco BITOSSI 1961 - 1978	1961 - 1978	2308	27284	23
27.	Giuseppe SARONNI 1977 - 1990	1977 - 1990	2294	24270	32
28.	Peter SAGAN 2009 - 2021	2009 - 2021	2266	23677	35
29.	Erik ZABEL 1990 - 2008	1990 - 2008	2258	29038	19
30.	Cadel EVANS 1998 - 2015	1998 - 2015	2239	24801	29
31.	Ferdi KÜBLER 1940 - 1957	1940 - 1957	2233	23945	34
32.	Jan ULLRICH 1993 - 2006	1993 - 2006	2210	22778	39
33.	Joaquim RODRÍGUEZ OLIVER 2000 - 2016	2000 - 2016	2178	24748	30
34.	Hennie KUIPER 1971 - 1988	1971 - 1988	2125	25473	26
35.	Herman VAN SPRINGEL 1964 - 1981	1964 - 1981	2118	25021	28
36.	Freddy MAERTENS 1971 - 1987	1971 - 1987	2101	21077	50
37.	Claudio CHIAPPUCCI 1984 - 1998	1984 - 1998	2095	22539	40
38.	Stan OCKERS 1941 - 1956	1941 - 1956	2068	21825	43
39.	Alex ZÜLLE 1990 - 2004	1990 - 2004	2019	21583	46
40.	Phil ANDERSON 1980 - 1994	1980 - 1994	2017	23496	37
41.	Nicolas FRANTZ 1922 - 1934	1922 - 1934	2011	20493	55
42.	Stephen ROCHE 1978 - 1993	1978 - 1993	1975	21187	49
43.	Davide REBELLIN 1991 - 2021	1991 - 2021	1974	30252	17
44.	Greg VAN AVERMAET 2005 - 2021	2005 - 2021	1965	22428	41
45.	Fabian CANCELLARA 2000 - 2016	2000 - 2016	1963	23486	38
46.	Paolo BETTINI 1996 - 2008	1996 - 2008	1953	20703	53
47.	Greg LEMOND 1981 - 1994	1981 - 1994	1940	19978	61
48.	Philippe GILBERT 2001 - 2021	2001 - 2021	1934	25149	27
49.	Marino LEJARRETA ARRIZABALAGA 1978 - 1992	1978 - 1992	1905	21653	45
50.	Laurent FIGNON 1981 - 1993	1981 - 1993	1898	19549	63
51.	Pedro DELGADO ROBLEDO 1979 - 1994	1979 - 1994	1896	21299	47
52.	Gianni BUGNO 1985 - 1998	1985 - 1998	1890	20273	58
53.	Francesco CASAGRANDE 1991 - 2005	1991 - 2005	1833	18941	68
54.	Antonin MAGNE 1923 - 1942	1923 - 1942	1820	19428	64
55.	Alexandre VINOKOUROV 1993 - 2012	1993 - 2012	1812	21237	48
56.	Johan MUSEEUW 1987 - 2004	1987 - 2004	1801	22030	42
57.	Learco GUERRA 1928 - 1945	1928 - 1945	1795	17983	78
58.	Frans VERBEECK 1962 - 1977	1962 - 1977	1789	18935	69
59.	Luis OCAÑA 1965 - 1977	1965 - 1977	1765	17865	80
60.	Claude CRIQUIELION 1977 - 1991	1977 - 1991	1744	20678	54
61.	Jan RAAS 1974 - 1985	1974 - 1985	1733	17344	87
62.	André LEDUCQ 1923 - 1939	1923 - 1939	1731	17830	81
63.	Michele DANCELLI 1963 - 1976	1963 - 1976	1730	17719	83
64.	Gianbattista BARONCHELLI 1973 - 1989	1973 - 1989	1722	20939	52
65.	Nairo Alexander QUINTANA ROJAS 2009 - 2021	2009 - 2021	1722	17305	88
66.	Adrie VAN DER POEL 1978 - 2000	1978 - 2000	1707	20173	59
67.	Damiano CUNEGO 2002 - 2018	2002 - 2018	1704	18352	75
68.	Samuel SÁNCHEZ GONZÁLEZ 2000 - 2017	2000 - 2017	1700	21039	51
69.	Walter GODEFROOT 1964 - 1979	1964 - 1979	1688	20459	56
70.	Michael BOOGERD 1992 - 2007	1992 - 2007	1688	18596	71
71.	André DARRIGADE 1951 - 1966	1951 - 1966	1681	19385	65
72.	Richard VIRENQUE 1990 - 2004	1990 - 2004	1673	19256	66
73.	Charly MOTTET 1983 - 1994	1983 - 1994	1671	17744	82
74.	Johan VAN DER VELDE 1977 - 1990	1977 - 1990	1670	17453	84
75.	Tom BOONEN 2000 - 2017	2000 - 2017	1665	20168	60
76.	Nino DEFILIPPIS 1952 - 1964	1952 - 1964	1661	17940	79
77.	Giovanni BRUNERO 1919 - 1929	1919 - 1929	1658	16583	100
78.	Hugo KOBLET 1946 - 1958	1946 - 1958	1656	16963	94
79.	Gianni MOTTA 1964 - 1976	1964 - 1976	1653	16680	98
80.	Miguel POBLET ORRIOLS 1945 - 1962	1945 - 1962	1647	18099	76
81.	Rudi ALTIG 1959 - 1971	1959 - 1971	1624	16454	103
82.	Maurizio FONDRIEST 1985 - 1998	1985 - 1998	1623	16958	95
83.	Raymond IMPANIS 1945 - 1963	1945 - 1963	1620	21790	44
84.	Abraham OLANO MANZANO 1992 - 2002	1992 - 2002	1611	16188	110
85.	Vittorio ADORNI 1961 - 1970	1961 - 1970	1610	16108	111
86.	Eric VANDERAERDEN 1981 - 1996	1981 - 1996	1604	17070	92
87.	Miguel María LASA 1967 - 1981	1967 - 1981	1591	18037	77
88.	Lucien VAN IMPE 1966 - 1987	1966 - 1987	1583	20384	57
89.	Steven ROOKS 1981 - 1995	1981 - 1995	1572	17347	86
90.	Erik BREUKINK 1985 - 1997	1985 - 1997	1563	16432	106
91.	Andrei TCHMIL 1987 - 2002	1987 - 2002	1559	16498	101
92.	Óscar FREIRE GÓMEZ 1997 - 2012	1997 - 2012	1554	18996	67
93.	Michele BARTOLI 1990 - 2004	1990 - 2004	1552	16408	107
94.	Roberto HERAS HERNÁNDEZ 1995 - 2005	1995 - 2005	1544	15445	127
95.	Joseph PLANCKAERT 1954 - 1965	1954 - 1965	1539	15982	114
96.	Rik VAN STEENBERGEN 1943 - 1966	1943 - 1966	1533	18463	73
97.	Bernard THÉVENET 1967 - 1981	1967 - 1981	1531	15679	118
98.	Ivan BASSO 1997 - 2015	1997 - 2015	1526	16866	96
99.	Gustave GARRIGOU 1905 - 1914	1905 - 1914	1524	15249	130
100.	Bauke MOLLEMA 2007 - 2021	2007 - 2021	1515	16089	112

About this ranking

This is the top 10 year average all time ranking of the most successful professional cyclists in the world since 1869. The ranking is calculated as follows:

Take the top 150 riders of the overall ranking.
Take for each rider the best 10 years in their career.
Divide this score by 10.
Display the top 100 of this list, combined with their overall score and rank.

Click on any rider to get an all time overview of the rider with details on the scores and rank for the various seasons and the most important results for each year.