I think you earn respect and earn what you're worth by the way you present yourself, by the way that you play, by the way that you work." -- Ian Chadband, "He's become a fantastic player. Here are 14 of the most jock-ish Tour pros of all time, ranked. And I am not convinced he would be great at any other major sport. The 42-year-old Brazilian also has seen his share of controversy, failing multiple drug tests in 2015 and being slapped with a one-year suspension. At 27, he has his whole life ahead of him to learn and, above all, make history in this great club." -- Melissa Isaacson, "People who meet him for 30 seconds love him, and people who spend several hours with him think he's aloof and weird, while people who hang around long enough to know him end up both loving him and being oddly protective. Maybe should be higher; however, I just do not know who (or how many) to bump. (No planet is named after a tennis player yet, unless you count Venus Williams.) What he does touches the impossible. ALTHEA GIBSON18. Of course not. When he became the youngest England soccer international at 17 years, 74 days, Walcott had the world at his mercurial feet. That was amazing to me." I know he's always able to decide a match." They have both been blessed with a genius that has never been seen before." STEFFI GRAF17. In lacrosse, he led the country in scoring while leading Syracuse to the National Collegiate Lacrosse Championship. Though he's currently sidelined by a metabolic disorder, Götze has been praised by nearly every luminary in the game. Yet first and foremost, Hernández is the obsession of a country, not a club. Fail better." 8. Lewandowski and his wife are Poland's answer to the Beckhams, a source of endless fascination, myth and mystery. And amid all this negativity and controversy? Fellow athletes and at least one head of state posted pictures of themselves, in unity with Alves, eating bananas. Jim Thorpe (pentathlon, decathlon, American football, baseball and basketball). Born in Australia to American parents, Irving was considered for the 2012 Aussie Olympic team (he has dual citizenship) but decided to stick with the U.S. program. -- Beckham. He was probably the best defensive player (certainly the best cover cornerback) in the history of the NFL. -- Aishwarya Kumar, "Dhoni has got this ability of rising from the ashes. Everyone knows the Winter Olympic Games are where we watch the best athletes in the world go head-to-head on an international stage. A biography of Jack Dempsey, Heavyweight Champion of the World from 1919-1926. -- Müller. 7 (how much did injury limit his accomplishments), did some extrapolating and poof(! As you can see, how much importance you put on each of these factors will affect how you rate the athletes that you are considering. 3 on ESPN's Top 100, and became an internet sensation when his Senior highlights tape that displayed some unreal athleticism—on both sides of … Bale's flowering as the best British player in the game makes him unquestioned monarch in his home country. While a case can certainly be made to include Bueno in the top 10 all-time, I think that she falls into the top 10 to 15 all-time ranking. Brandi Chastain 10. A ranking of the All TimeFootball Players. Johnny Bananas. Rodgers is the face of the franchise for one of the NFL's most storied teams and an omnipresent pitch man whose championship-belt touchdown celebration has been immortalized in a series of insurance commercials. Despite losing his all-time hits record to Rose, Ty Cobb still sports the game's best batting average at .366. LARISSA LATYNINA. -- Carlos Queiroz, former Real Madrid and Portugal manager. I want to win. Michael Jordan (at least they got that right) was No. I'm angry about Özil leaving." They're like, 'Get the picture, get the picture!'" Nothing, nothing changes for me, and I don't want change." Place Competitor DOB Nat Score Event List; 1 Karsten WARHOLM 28 FEB 1996 Unlike with most of those before him, his work has actually received positive reviews. Bo Jackson (baseball/American football), 7. -- Thomas Neumann, "Believe me, I'm much easier to be around when we win than when we lose." Sánchez's gift as a striker is immense, but it's his big heart that equally endears him to Chile. By 40, he had more career wins than anyone but still was four majors short of Jack. And now Tiger has that unofficial title. 3 on ESPN's Top 100, and became an internet sensation when his Senior highlights tape that displayed some unreal athleticism—on both sides of … He famously dated actress Olivia Munn for three years before their recent split. While I placed him higher than most people will—given how much better he looked than anyone else on the rink when he played—I actually wonder if I did him justice by placing him this low. McGregor has earned as much as $3 million for a fight (not counting pay-per-view bonuses), a UFC record; but that's nothing compared to $75 million or so that has been speculated if a deal ever gets done for him to box against Floyd Mayweather. He won the Bola de Ouro, given to the best player in Brazil, captured the Olympic gold on home soil, helped form a devastating attacking trident for the rejuvenated Selecao along with Neymar and Philippe Coutinho and led Palmeiras to a championship in the Brazilian top flight. Schweini is supposedly soccer-loving German chancellor Angela Merkel's favorite player, and German newspaper Die Zeit ran a series of fictional love letters between the two, one of which read. Built for the 21st century with his lethal technique and supreme athleticism that has been honed by his karate champion wife, Anna, "Lewangoalski" might just be the most complete center forward in the business. Jason Arnold. For someone who has courted as much controversy as Uruguay's hero, whose bad behavior has included episodes of biting -- thrice -- kicking, punching, racial abuse and cheating down the years, it's amazing how becalmed his life seems to have become at Camp Nou as one of a now legendary striking trident with Neymar and Leo Messi. #3 Roberto Baggio Heavily Upvoted. Enjoy our content? I've seen a lot of players come through. Even if I'm down, they're trying to sing their songs and stuff. They are good role models we young players should learn from." -- Roberto Carlos, when asked about his successor. Beckham is as exciting as any player in the NFL, a shape-shifting receiver who vaulted himself to stardom in the blink of an eye with an inexplicable, one-handed catch as a rookie in 2014. We grouped the 16 athletes into four groups, or regions, for voting purposes. He was the player who best knew my moves in front of goal. Considered to be one of the greatest southpaws of all time, he was known for his determination and speed. Not bad for a day's work. Too tough to ignore. 1, Babe Didrikson was the highest woman at No. However, this ranking comes down to his personality and expansion of the sport due to his stylish and flamboyant lifestyle. 1 pick in the 2011 NBA draft, won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award and helped the Cleveland Cavaliers win the NBA championship in 2016, the city's first major sports title in 52 years. And sports fans over at the TheTopTens voted the ex-Chicago Bulls superstar, who won six NBA championships in the 1990s, at the top spot ahead of Ali. In the NFL, he played in eight Pro Bowls, was the 1994 Defensive Player of the Year, was voted to the 1990's All-Decade Team and won two Super Bowl rings, making him the only man to play in the Super Bowl and the World Series. Never have I seen an athlete look so far ahead of his time in the display of athletic skills (yes, even more so than Jordan since Dr. J was in his league in some ways). He looks the kind of humble personality on the pitch, ready to work for the team and to work and to adapt himself to a new life." He also received ownership equity in the team and plans to move into the front office when he's done playing. Six Olympic medals (including three golds), two World Gymnastics Championship golds and three U.S. championship golds ain't too shabby. Eli isn't quite as prolific in the endorsement world as Peyton (is anyone? Newton is a quarterback in the body of a linebacker, the likes of which pro football hasn't seen before. After beating a rare form of lung cancer, Singh has given fans someone to look up to when things gets tough. That technique has worked out pretty well, with Scott going on to become the first Australian to win a Masters -- after a thrilling playoff duel against Angel Cabrera in 2013 -- and the second Aussie to reach No. The 6-foot-5 Bresee ranked No. He also was listed as the player least likely to receive help in a fight in an anonymous poll of PGA Tour members in 2015. The 39-year-old signed on this year to play for Phoenix Rising FC, an Arizona club in the second-tier United Soccer League with aspirations of joining MLS. It was fitting that a man described by Sir Alex Ferguson as "a perfect player," but one who might have lived in the shadow of Leo Messi in the Barca dream factory, will always have his 2010 World Cup final-winning goal for Spain in Johannesburg as the exclamation mark to his beautiful career. It's hard to choose. Just 19 at the time, Garcia would finish second, one stroke behind the 23-year-old Woods, for the first if his four runner-up performances in majors. And he'd won only 10 of his Grand Slams at the time. The social media followings and Google Trend scores (which show relative popularity based on how often names are searched on a scale of 0 to 100) were as of April 19. Herewith, our ranking of boxing’s all-time best heavyweights, keeping in mind a couple of stipulations. 1 Xie Xingfang. He's gone from being a big signing for Atletico Madrid, who people doubted at first, to becoming an icon at the club." WILMA RUDOLPH14. He played four positions: running back, defensive back, placekicker and punter. Some final thoughts:  You may not agree with my list (I would be shocked if you did), but at least I put some serious thought and research (I hope this shows) into my answers. With her 63 career titles came a World Number 1 ranking in 1959 and 1960. We could wax lyrical all day about the Barcelona and Argentina nonpareil's unreal goals, visionary assists and magic wand of a left foot, but it's surely better to simply follow his old mentor Pep Guardiola's wistful advice: "Don't write about him, don't try to describe him. -- Jim Caple, "I am a little bit more famous now, but I don't have changes in my life. While Murray has 3.7 million Twitter followers, he gets additional attention thanks to his mum, Judy Murray, who also tweets about him to her 200,000 followers. In 1919, he hit 29 home runs in only 130 games (second place was 12 home runs); in 1920, he hit 54 home runs in 142 games (second place was only 19; and in 1921, he hit 59 home runs in all 152 games (second place was 24). (After this, it is fuzzy—meaning I could change my mind tomorrow on places 2-25.) -- Drogba, on choosing to help Phoenix Rising secure an expansion spot in the top U.S. league. Two of his designs have opened at private clubs, and construction of his first public course, due to open in 2019, is underway in Missouri. Athletes: The Definitive List Today, we end all debates. Brees and wife Brittany have been active in charitable endeavors, including rebuilding efforts after Katrina and assistance for cancer patients. #1 LeBron James Often listed #1 and Most Votes. David Luiz, you are my champion." The debate still rages about exactly how good the teenage phenom ever really did become, but Rooney, with his panoply of special goals and never-say-die attitude, is, according to Leo Messi, "the great English player of the generation. By some accounts, he was the best player in the country in both sports. Additional research by Sam Bruce, Jayaditya Gupta, Sam Lyon, Richard Maguire, James Martin, Gueorgui Milkov, Fernando Olivieri, Darren Rovell, Sripath Srinath, Xin Wan, Qixin Wang, Andy Withers and Ricardo Zanei. How popular is the sport in which the athlete excelled? CAEL SANDERSON25. Ratchanok Intanon is the only Thai on our list, but she deserves to be in the top-10 players of all time. Candy might not be great for nutrition, but at least a player can eat a Sugarpova Dark Chocolate with Toasted Coconut bar without worrying about being busted for a PED. YWC's blue hoodies for men and crop tops for women are particularly popular. The Official Ranking of the Greatest Fictional Athletes In Movie History. In 2015 he provided the voice of a lobster in the animated kids show "Bubble Guppies." The best female track and field athlete ever with a lengthy career. -- Ian Chadband, "It's not easy to achieve what I've done, but my view is that when you have a dream, you really pursue it and you imagine these things happening, then it can become a reality." In a sport that is currently being dominated by the attacking prowess of the inverted winger, the man with the melancholy eyes is the closest thing we've found to a spiritual heir to Juan Roman Riquelme. -- Ian Chadband, "He's a world star in soccer like Michael Jordan was in basketball. Although Anthony played just one college season, the basketball facility at Syracuse University is named in his honor. It's only fitting that Harden is the most famous athlete in Houston, the city that gave birth to the legendary bearded blues rock band ZZ Top. (I did not consider anyone who I strongly suspect to have done steroids, such as Florence Griffith-Joyner and Barry Bonds.). ), but the brothers have teamed up for some memorable and Colombia's baby-faced star of the 2014 World Cup has found it hard to live up to that initial piece of global showstopping in the unforgiving goldfish bowl that is Real Madrid's Bernabeu Stadium. So when the illness came, I had no right to ask, 'Why me?'" Babe Ruth (baseball) 5. He competed in a total of 115 matches, winning 107 and losing just six while settling for a draw on two occasions. Found insideFor example, in 1999, the Sporting News ranked him third among the "100 Greatest Football Players of All Time." In 2000, his first yearof eligibility, ... Found inside – Page 227A Ranking Past and Present Deborah G. Felder. Babe Didrikson Zaharias 1914–1956 My goal was to be the greatest athlete that ever lived . Fans once jilted by James adore him again, and, still dominating at age 32, he might be delivering them thrills for years to come. -- Jim Caple, "What makes it so special is that he doesn't just take something from you and just keep on going. Newton has been criticized as aloof and moody, but it's difficult to dispute the results: a Heisman Trophy and national championship at Auburn in 2010, plus a 15-1 record and Super Bowl berth with the Panthers in his MVP season of 2015. I am quite certain that even if ESPN's poll was a worldwide list, non-U.S. athletes would still be gravely short-changed. Technically, he is better than me -- I was more power and punch. He's one of the most protected individuals in Colombia every time he gets back home. In addition, it does not take much imagination to see Brown also dominating in the decathlon in track (ditto for Bo Jackson). -- Steve Clifford, Charlotte Hornets coach, on Griffin. This year, it was inspiring the greatest comeback in the game's annals for Barcelona against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League with an individual tour de force that Liverpool great Steve Gerrard hailed as one of the greatest he'd ever seen. 1 overall pick in the NBA draft that year. Before you begin to answer this question, you have to determine (at least in your mind) what the criteria are for your answer. -- Jim Caple, "There's a lot of spotlight that comes along with being the best in the world." Since this analysis involves the most speculation, I do not know if I am right on this one, but I think I will have a lot more company at fourth place than if I placed him 72nd, as the ESPN experts did (Schaap was only one of 48 voters). Beckham and three Giants teammates made headlines by partying in Miami with Justin Bieber and Trey Songz following the team's 2016 regular-season finale. ESPN attempted to answer a similar question with their list of the 100 Greatest Athletes of the 20th Century. That is not what I need, especially this week." The top … A seven-time NASCAR Cup champion and the first to win five in a row, Johnson has more than 80 career wins and has finished in the top 10 in 60 percent of his starts. He played one season at age 32 after not playing for 16 years. He makes you believe everything he believes. Even before Singh started his sportswear brand YWC in the fall of 2016, we knew he had style. I am sure baseball fans feel I have underrated him, and they may have a point. 134reranks The Best Soccer Players of the '90s. -- Antonio Conte, Chelsea manager. -- Melissa Isaacson, "For the millions of people who admire her, she is somebody who is actually worth the admiration. He was still a great fighter when he came back, but he never looked the same again because of the loss of speed and quickness. Unfortunately, I saw him play only once, when the Green Bay Packers held him to under 50 yards in his last game—the 1965 NFL Championship Game (the Packers beat the Cleveland Browns 20-12; I was six years old at the time). Salary is not used as a factor because of differences among sports. He has nine PGA Tour victories since turning pro in 2012 and has finished in the top 25 in roughly 70 percent of his starts. -- Lillard. The greatest female tennis player of all time, and it seems like she is such a great athlete that she would excel at practically any sport. We’re going to run a series of Twitter polls for head-to-head matchups between the different athletes in each region and continue with the winners until only one athlete remains. Hs critics sometimes forget how hard Sterling has had to battle to arrive where he has. Either way, it should be exciting to find out more about the electric Manchester City winger who at 22 is already the most expensive English player of all time, having moved from Liverpool for £49 million. He would have done very well in track—long jump, high jump and the hurdles. Manning is part of the first family of NFL quarterbacking, the aww-shucks son of Archie and little brother to Peyton. He's only the third player to score five goals in a World Cup tournament twice, and at 27 he has one eye on former Germany teammate Miroslav Klose's all-time World Cup record of 16 goals. TRACY CAULKINS13. Wade is married to actress Gabrielle Union, and with three NBA rings and 20,000-plus career points under his belt, he can start writing that Hall of Fame speech. How much did injuries or a lack of opportunity limit their accomplishments? -- Manning, on winning Super Bowl XLVI after the Giants went 9-7 in the 2011 regular season. Some of these are custom made spikes for the stars of the sport, while some are basic spikes that have been purchased by the masses. How much better were they then everyone else in the history of their sport? She also has the looks of Grace Kelly/Margot Robbie, which has expanded her fan base beyond tennis' borders. -- Jim Caple, "It was really cool to see that kind of support, something that they organized so well. Jesse Owens———–image credit: Wikipedia/Unknown. He scored his 100th goal for the Gunners this year and has had an impressive campaign, suggesting that he's still diligently trying to improve at age 28. Life is like this, sometimes people lose and sometimes people win but people only need to be happy. I make mistakes all the time. There is no declaration of love in Italy like having a pizza named after you, which is exactly what happened to Salah when he played in Florence. He also starred in track and field, was a good baseball and lacrosse player and even won a ballroom dancing contest, all while he was at Carlisle. They named a pie after him -- a yummy spicy jerk chicken and porter ale pastry -- at Arsenal's favorite local pie emporium to inspire him before the 2015 FA Cup final. Ranks the top 100 athletes from Jim Brown and Jim Thorpe through Satchel Paige and George Gipp That's James' career arc in his home state of Ohio. Agüero spent his summer flitting between a luxury fishing yacht and a multimillion-dollar rented home in Miami. She deservedly makes our top 10 list of the greatest athletes of all time. At age 21 in 2010, he became the youngest American to compete in the Ryder Cup. A polarizing figure who never has shied away from attention, Solo inspires love and hate in extremes. We rank the best golfers of all time, looking at the legends and the greats of today. And is there any doubt he would have been a great NFL receiver (think Randy Moss with more height and a way better attitude and competitive spirit)? It was the site of 2009 SUV crash that was the first public sign of trouble for Woods in what evolved into a sex scandal. Rakitic might be in shadows in the Barca firmament, but when he went to Japan with the team for the Club World Cup the locals went mad for him, noticing an uncanny similarity between him and wild-haired manga hero Goku. How weak or strong in ability were their contemporaries? He's unafraid to experiment with myriad colors, styles and accessories, as evidenced by the pink suit, green fedora and multicolored bow tie he rocked in Week 8 last season. With his 2016 French Open title, Djokovic became the eight-man to secure a career Grand Slam. remains at the top of our list. Its meaning? He often has looked like an accident waiting to happen, and sometimes it really does. -- Williams, in 2011. I could go on, but since his baseball greatness is not in dispute, it is hardly necessary. Seemingly unloved by his club's fans and unwanted by his country, this is the enigma who consumes and obsesses France. One of the two greatest boxers ever (depending on whom you believe). Indeed, Brees has come a long way since being benched in favor of 41-year-old Doug Flutie back in 2003. From Michael Jordan to LeBron James to now Giannis Antetokounmpo, these are the 30 best basketball players of all-time. I want to be Ivan Rakitic. Michael Phelps is the best swimmer of all time. He's shot an efficient 51.8 percent from the floor in his career, but he's also shown a deft touch for deadpan comedy in commercials, original videos on his "Funny or Die" channel and the occasional stand-up routine. -- Djokovic, who grew up in Serbia during the Balkan wars. How about unbelievably, amazingly awesome? -- Elaine Teng, "I think they [Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei] are irreplaceable, now or in future. -- Johnson. -- Melissa Isaacson, "It's not like I have decades left of opportunities to win majors, so each one of these means a lot to me." MICHELLE KWAN23. The ESPN World Fame 100 is our annual attempt to create a ranking, through statistical analysis, of the 100 most famous athletes on the planet. Newton knows how to turn heads with his sartorial choices -- especially at postgame news conferences. While the move left some fans in Oklahoma jilted, Durant's overall popularity remains massive. Sugar Ray Robinson 5. Matthias Sammer called him "one of the greatest talents we have ever had," Felix Magath said he was a "once-in-a-century talent," and Pep Guardiola, when he became Bayern Munich's manager, put Götze at the top of his wish list. When you're as famous as Pacquiao, people let you do things for which you have no obvious previous competence, like coach and start at point guard for a professional basketball team or get elected to the Philippine senate. Ali had blinding speed, unreal quickness, incredible agility, grace, style, underrated strength, toughness, heart, instincts and brains. He was blessed with the most talent and made the most of his abilities. Day has been a fixture in the top 10 since 2014, finishing the 2016 season as the world's top-ranked player. -- Jim Caple, "People look up to me as somebody who is able to switch the image of our country from negative to positive." -- Ian Chadband, "Kaká has the technique of a Brazilian and the physical qualities of a European. -- Anthony Olivieri, "When I run a race, I, maybe inadvertently or unknowingly, concern myself with whether the fan was entertained or got what he expected or whether they got what I think they deserved out of me and out of the race." He has mentioned playing soccer with Manchester United, but perhaps he will go into cricket, a sport he loved as a kid in Jamaica. -- Harden, on his reluctance to take games off. The epitome of an unsung hero, it's easy to see this gifted Swiss-born Croat as being some glorified water carrier in a Barcelona side gleaming with stars such as Messi, Suarez, Neymar and Iniesta. There are no similar players around, only worse ones." -- Elaine Teng, "Kroos is a wonderful player. He is the standard bearer of the modern game." When you need, you let the dragon out." Paul is one of the most instinctive point guards in NBA history, a fierce competitor who might rank much higher on this list if a proposed trade to the Lakers hadn't been quashed by then-commissioner David Stern in 2011. "Getting by" on an average of $11 million a year while winning two MVPs under his current four-year deal, Curry has been one of the league's greatest bargains. He was ranked as the greatest athlete of the 20th century by Sports Illustrated, while the BBC awarded him the title of Sports Personality of the Century. Back in 2010, Miami-Dade County literally changed its name to Miami-Wade County for a week in hopes of convincing the star guard to not leave the Heat in free agency. He has his own era. For special situations (esports and China) we used two additional categories: other social media -- for when the athlete was more relevant on a platform outside the Big Three (Twitch, for example, although no gamers made the top 100) -- and, in China's case, Baidu search score, because Google is blocked there. He credits his tennis success to going gluten-free, which he wrote about in an enlightening book, "Serve to Win: The 14-Day Gluten-Free Plan for Physical and Mental Excellence." Here is my reasoning for placing Orr here instead of Gretzky: The difference between Orr and the second-best defenseman ever was greater than the difference between Gretzky and the second-best offensive player ever. In addition to being voted by the Associated Press (400 sportswriters and sportscasters) "The Greatest Athlete of the First Half of the Century" (as mentioned above), they also voted him the "Greatest American Football Player" of the first half of the 20th century. He also will go down as one of the most prolific quarterbacks in NFL history, currently ranked third in career passing yards and touchdowns. Found inside – Page 178The Untold Story of Secretariat, the World's Greatest Racehorse Lawrence Scanlan. the boxer for rape. “For that reason, my favorite athlete of all time is ... -- Nadal, in August 2005, a couple of months after winning his first French Open. At age 27, there's still time for him to become the first Asian Grand Slam men's singles champion. Try again. He has that more than any fighter I've ever met. Found inside – Page 347Appendix D Additional Resources General Best of a Century ... The 100 Greatest Athletes of All Time : A Sports Editor's Personal Ranking . How much did the athlete's mere presence intimidate their opponents because of the their dominance? Honorable Mention: Bo Jackson is actually the greatest athlete of All-Time but we didn’t include him in our Survey, but if we did he’d likely have wound up number one on this list. In high school, he earned 13 letters playing five (!) The bewilderingly brilliant Brazilian keeps wooing us with tales of the wholly improbable. If Messi and Ronaldo are the best in the world -- in whatever order -- is it perhaps time to put Hazard, the breathtakingly quicksilver, slaloming Chelsea star, in the argument for the third man? LAILA ALI21. 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