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The Top Hundred Athletes of All Time

These are the top one hundred athletes of all time, in one person's opinion, for whatever it's worth ...

100. Monica Seles (tennis)

99. Greg Louganis (diving)

98. Dick Butkus and Lawrence Taylor (football)

97. Josh Gibson and Satchel Paige (baseball)

96. Bobby Moore (soccer)

95. Michael Johnson (track)

94. Mike Tyson (boxing)

93. Kobe Bryant, Julius Erving and Elgin Baylor (basketball)

92. Barry Sanders and Gale Sayers (football)

91. Anja Parson (skiing)

90. Joe Montana and Joe Namath (American football)

89. Venus Williams (tennis)

88. Sandy Koufax and Walter Johnson (baseball)

87. Honus Wagner (baseball)

86. Pete Maravich (basketball)

85. Mickey Mantle and Mike Trout (baseball)

84. Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe (tennis)

83. Chloe McCardel (swimming)

82. Bobby Jones and Ben Hogan (golf)

81. Janica Kostelic (skiing)

80. Peyton Manning and John Elway (football)

79. Kjetil Andre Aamodt (skiing)

78. Lindsey Vonn (skiing)

77. Joe DiMaggio (baseball)

76. Dirk Nowitzki (basketball)

75. Niki Lauda (F1)

74. George Foreman (boxing)

73. Ichiro Suzuki (baseball)

72. Roberto Clemente (baseball)

71. Bruce Jenner (track)

70. Mark Spitz (swimming)

69. Arnold Palmer (golf)

68. Gordie Howe (hockey)

67. Lasse Viren (track)

66. Billie Jean King (tennis)

65. Bjorn Borg (tennis)

64. Steffi Graf (tennis)

63. Nicklas Lidstrom (ice hockey)

62. Pete Rose, Joe Morgan and Johnny Bench (baseball)

61. Lou Gehrig (baseball)

60. Ayrton Senna (F1 racing)

59. LeBron James (basketball)

58. Oscar Robertson (basketball)

57. Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker and Rogers Hornsby (baseball)

56. Tom Brady (football)

55. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (basketball)

54. Michelle Kwan (figure skating)

53. Joe DiMaggio (baseball)

52. Wilma Rudolph (track)

51. Katarina Witt (figure skating)

50. Aleksandr Karelin (wrestling)

49. Sonja Henie (figure skating)

48. Teofilo Stevenson (boxing)

47. Paavo Nurmi (track)

46. Larisa Latynina (gymnastics)

45. Eric Heiden (speed skating)

44. George Best (soccer)

43. Novak Djokovic (tennis)

42. Red Grange (football)

41. Bill Russell (basketball)

40. Roman Sebrle (decathlete)

39. Deion Sanders (multi-sport)

38. Jackie Joyner-Kersee (track)

37. Rafer Johnson (track)

36. Herschel Walker (multi-sport)

35. Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova (tennis)

34. Marion Jones (track)

33. Sugar Ray Robinson and Sugar Ray Leonard (boxing)

32. Bobby Orr (hockey)

31. Larry Bird and Magic Johnson (basketball)

30. Ted Williams (baseball)

29. Joe Louis (boxing)

28. Jerry Rice (football)

27. Jackie Robinson (baseball, multi-sport)

26. Lance Armstrong (cycling)

25. Rocky Marciano (boxing)

24. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo (soccer)

23. Mario Lemieux (ice hockey)

22. Hank Aaron (baseball)

21. Willie Mays (baseball)

20. Nadia Comaneci (gymnastics)

19. Diego Maradona (soccer)

18. Rafael Nadal (tennis)

17. Michael Jordan (basketball)

16. Jim Brown (football)

15. Bo Jackson (multi-sport)

14. Carl Lewis (track and field athlete)

13. Serena Williams (tennis)

12. Roger Federer (tennis)

11. Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods (golf)

10. Jesse Owens (track and field)

9. Jim Thorpe (track and field)

8. Babe Ruth (baseball)

7. Michael Phelps (swimming)

6. Babe Didrikson Zaharias (multi-sport)

5. Wilt Chamberlain (basketball)

4. Usain Bolt (sprinting)

3. Wayne Gretzky (hockey)

2. Pele (soccer)

1. Muhammad Ali (boxing)
 
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