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The Top 10 Greatest Generals of All-Time (according to Moneyball math)
Posted on 2/15/19 at 10:20 pm
Posted on 2/15/19 at 10:20 pm
Some dude applied baseball's famed Moneyball principles to over 6,000 generals throughout history and came up with ten generals who were better than all the rest. The YouTube video is linked below but I shall go ahead and reveal the list for those of you who don't want to watch it:
10. Alexander the Great, Macedonia
09. Georgy Zhukov, USSR
08. Frederick the Great, Prussia
07. Ulysses S. Grant, USA
06. Hannibal Barca, Carthage
05. Khalid Ibn Al-Walid, Rashidun Caliphate
04. Takeda Shingen, Japan
03. Arthur Wellesley - 1st Duke of Wellington, Great Britain
02. Julius Caesar, Rome
01. Napoleon Bonaparte, France
LINK
10. Alexander the Great, Macedonia
09. Georgy Zhukov, USSR
08. Frederick the Great, Prussia
07. Ulysses S. Grant, USA
06. Hannibal Barca, Carthage
05. Khalid Ibn Al-Walid, Rashidun Caliphate
04. Takeda Shingen, Japan
03. Arthur Wellesley - 1st Duke of Wellington, Great Britain
02. Julius Caesar, Rome
01. Napoleon Bonaparte, France
LINK
This post was edited on 2/15/19 at 10:21 pm
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Posted on 2/15/19 at 10:21 pm to RollTide1987
quote:
07. Ulysses S. Grant, USA
This is going to trigger so many OTers
Posted on 2/15/19 at 10:21 pm to RollTide1987
Spoiler alert!
Posted on 2/15/19 at 10:23 pm to RollTide1987
No Patton no care
Posted on 2/15/19 at 10:25 pm to RollTide1987
quote:Not even the greatest general in the Civil War. Stonewall Jackson and his strategies are still being studied at West Point. His death was probably the biggest reason the Union won the war.
07. Ulysses S. Grant, USA
Posted on 2/15/19 at 10:26 pm to RollTide1987
No Scipio Africanis,
no care.
no care.
Posted on 2/15/19 at 10:26 pm to RollTide1987
No Stonewall?
List is shite.
List is shite.
Posted on 2/15/19 at 10:27 pm to RollTide1987
Grant was not a good general
He was a drunk
But he was a drunk who recognized he had a massive logistical advantage and pounded a far inferior opponent into submission
Washington, Andrew Jackson and Winfield Scott are the greatest American generals
He was a drunk
But he was a drunk who recognized he had a massive logistical advantage and pounded a far inferior opponent into submission
Washington, Andrew Jackson and Winfield Scott are the greatest American generals
Posted on 2/15/19 at 10:28 pm to RollTide1987
Posted on 2/15/19 at 10:30 pm to Cosmo
Zhukov is vastly overrated. He simply used mass to bludgeon the Nazis. Very little as far as tactics go.
Posted on 2/15/19 at 10:33 pm to RollTide1987
Nathan Bedford's jockstrap>list.
Posted on 2/15/19 at 10:34 pm to Henry Jones Jr
quote:
Not even the greatest general in the Civil War. Stonewall Jackson and his strategies are still being studied at West Point. His death was probably the biggest reason the Union won the war.
This is correct....Harpers Ferry Campaign FTMFW
Posted on 2/15/19 at 10:36 pm to Cosmo
quote:
Washington, Andrew Jackson and Winfield Scott are the greatest American generals
Gotta add Patton to that list too.
Posted on 2/15/19 at 10:39 pm to RollTide1987
lol at this list
lets add
Tamerlane
Genghis Khan
Sun Tzu
Wu Qi
Ajatasatru
Drusus
This list is shite
lets add
Tamerlane
Genghis Khan
Sun Tzu
Wu Qi
Ajatasatru
Drusus
This list is shite
Posted on 2/15/19 at 10:41 pm to RollTide1987
No Patton?
Not legit.
Not legit.
Posted on 2/15/19 at 10:43 pm to Broski
quote:
07. Ulysses S. Grant, USA
quote:
This is going to trigger so many OTers
Melt Day: 56,195
This post was edited on 2/15/19 at 10:47 pm
Posted on 2/15/19 at 10:45 pm to RollTide1987
Sherman > Grant
Posted on 2/15/19 at 10:46 pm to RollTide1987
No Ghengis Khan? And what about Hindenburg/Ludendorff, If Germany had them in WW2 commanding that superior force it would’ve been even messier then it was. I’d probably move Zhukov way up, he played the Germans after Stalingrad when he had them on the run, pure mastery although it didn’t hurt that he had way more people and wasn’t afraid to throw them at the enemy recklessly.
Caesar was amazing, he defeated other awesome Roman generals commanding other badass Roman legions so the fact that he was never beaten just shows how great he was. Caesar like everyone else though idolized Alexander and there’s no doubt he was the greatest of the ancients, he also died extremely young so his legend is even greater considering what he could’ve gone on to do.
Khan
Alexander
Caesar
Fill in the rest
Caesar was amazing, he defeated other awesome Roman generals commanding other badass Roman legions so the fact that he was never beaten just shows how great he was. Caesar like everyone else though idolized Alexander and there’s no doubt he was the greatest of the ancients, he also died extremely young so his legend is even greater considering what he could’ve gone on to do.
Khan
Alexander
Caesar
Fill in the rest
Posted on 2/15/19 at 10:51 pm to RollTide1987
Grants greatest gift was realizing his supply chain, resource and manpower advantage. One could say that makes him a great general because of the failures before his assignment but he wasn’t a tactical genius
Posted on 2/15/19 at 10:58 pm to TROLA
Always been a fan of Sherman.
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