ATHLETE Sport Greatness Era
1. Michael Jordan BASKETBALL 1984-1998
2. Wayne Gretzky HOCKEY 1979-1994
3. Tom Brady FOOTBALL 2002-present
4. Michael Phelps OLYMPICS 2003-2016
5. Roger Federer TENNIS 2003-present
6. Sugar Ray Robinson BOXING 1943-1957
7. Babe Ruth BASEBALL 1916-1934
8. Muhammad Ali BOXING 1963-1975
9. Pele SOCCER 1958-1970
10. Usain Bolt OLYMPICS 2007-2016
11. Bill Russell BASKETBALL 1956-1967
12. Jim Brown FOOTBALL 1957-1965
13. Jerry Rice FOOTBALL 1986-1998
14. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar BASKETBALL 1969-1986
15. Carl Lewis OLYMPICS 1983-1996
16. Joe Montana FOOTBALL 1981-1993
17. Cy Young BASEBALL 1892-1908
18. Hank Aaron BASEBALL 1955-1973
19. Floyd Mayweather Jr. BOXING 2001-2015
20. Ted Williams BASEBALL 1939-1958
21. Lionel Messi SOCCER 2007-present
22. Joe Louis BOXING 1935-1948
23. Magic Johnson BASKETBALL 1979-1991
24. LeBron James BASKETBALL 2004-present
25. Bobby Orr HOCKEY 1967-1975
26. Ty Cobb BASEBALL 1907-1927
27. Wilt Chamberlain BASKETBALL 1959-1972
28. Mark Spitz OLYMPICS 1967-1972
29. Cristiano Ronaldo SOCCER 2006-present
30. Rafael Nadal TENNIS 2005-present
31. Pete Sampras TENNIS 1990-2000
32. Walter Payton FOOTBALL 1976-1986
33. Larry Bird BASKETBALL 1979-1988
34. Willie Mays BASEBALL 1954-1970
35. Barry Bonds BASEBALL 1990-2004
36. Henry Armstrong BOXING 1937-1943
37. Mario Lemieux HOCKEY 1984-1997
38. Walter Johnson BASEBALL 1910-1925
39. Lawrence Taylor FOOTBALL 1981-1990
40. Diego Maradona SOCCER 1979-1990
41. Gordie Howe HOCKEY 1949-1970
42. Harry Greb BOXING 1918-1926
43. Jack Nicklaus GOLF 1962-1980
44. Lou Gehrig BASEBALL 1926-1937
45. Tim Duncan BASKETBALL 1998-2010
46. Peyton Manning FOOTBALL 1999-2014
47. Marvin Hagler BOXING 1978-1987
48. Tiger Woods GOLF 1997-2013
49. Shaquille O’Neal BASKETBALL 1992-2005
50. Roger Clemens BASEBALL 1986-2005
51. Julio Cesar Chavez BOXING 1985-1995
52. Bobby Hull HOCKEY 1959-1978
53. Josef Bican SOCCER 1930-1952
54. Arnold Palmer GOLF 1958-1967
55. Kobe Bryant BASKETBALL 1998-2013
56. Willie Pep BOXING 1942-1951
57. Gene Tunney BOXING 1922-1928
58. Emmitt Smith FOOTBALL 1991-2000
59. Alexander Karelin OLYMPICS 1988-2000
60. Novak Djokovic TENNIS 2008-2016
61. Hakeem Olajuwon BASKETBALL 1984-1997
62. Stan Musial BASEBALL 1943-1957
63. Oscar Robertson BASKETBALL 1960-1971
64. Sugar Ray Leonard BOXING 1979-1988
65. Johnny Unitas FOOTBALL 1957-1967
66. Jaromir Jagr HOCKEY 1992-2006
67. Rod Laver TENNIS 1964-1970
68. John Elway FOOTBALL 1985-1997
68. John Elway FOOTBALL 1985-1997
69. Edwin Moses OLYMPICS 1976-1987
70. Alex Rodriguez BASEBALL 1996-2010
71. Thomas Hearns BOXING 1980-1991
72. Jerry West BASKETBALL 1961-1973
73. Maurice Richard HOCKEY 1943-1957
74. Roberto Duran BOXING 1972-1983
75. Barry Sanders FOOTBALL 1989-1997
76. Derek Jeter BASEBALL 1996-2012
77. Bjorn Borg TENNIS 1974-1981
78. Julius Erving BASKETBALL 1971-1984
79. Romario SOCCER 1988-2002
80. Ben Hogan GOLF 1946-1953
81. Ray Lewis FOOTBALL 1997-2010
82. Brett Favre FOOTBALL 1994-2009
83. Ken Rosewall TENNIS 1953-1972
84. Carlos Monzon BOXING 1970-1977
85. Sergei Bubka OLYMPICS 1983-1997
86. Karl Malone BASKETBALL 1986-2001
87. Manny Pacquiao BOXING 2003-2014
88. Christy Mathewson BASEBALL 1903-1914
89. Jimmy Connors TENNIS 1973-1984
90. Jim Thorpe OLYMPICS 1912-1923
91. Jesse Owens OLYMPICS 1933-1936
92. Moses Malone BASKETBALL 1977-1987
93. Mariano Rivera BASEBALL 1996-2013
94. Elgin Baylor BASKETBALL 1958-1970
95. Bobby Jones GOLF 1923-1930
96. Steve Yzerman HOCKEY 1987-2000
97. Randy Moss FOOTBALL 1998-2009
98. Michael Johnson OLYMPICS 1991-2000
99. Bill Tilden TENNIS 1920-1935
100. Rocky Marciano BOXING 1951-1955
