Not necessarily of all time, but at the bottom of nearly every page is "Lists":<p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/lists" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/lists</a><p>That gives you:<p><pre><code> leaders Users with most karma.
best Highest voted recent links.
active Most active current discussions.
bestcomments Highest voted recent comments.
noobstories Submissions from new accounts.
noobcomments Comments from new accounts.
</code></pre>
You can ask for items with more than a certain number of points:<p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/over?points=400" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/over?points=400</a><p>You'll probably find that still only pulls things that are currently in cache.
May not solve what you are asking, but you can check
weekly and monthly newsletter or magazine. People are putting
efforts to give you best.
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