Top 10 Athletes who are the Best at their Sport

The Top Ten
1 Michael Jordan (Basketball) Michael Jeffrey Jordan, also known by his initials, MJ, is an American retired professional basketball player.
2 Lionel Messi (Association Football) Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi (born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Barcelona. He is also known as one of the greatest football players of all time. He was born in Rosario, Argentina on June 24th, 1987.
3 Don Bradman (Cricket) Sir Donald George Bradman often referred to as "The Don", was an Australian international cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. Bradman's career Test batting average of 99.94 has been cited as the greatest achievement by any sportsman in any major sport.

The Indians beg to differ.

4 Gary Ablett Jr. (Australian Rules Football) Gary Ablett Jr. is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League. The eldest son of Australian Football Hall of Fame member and former Geelong player Gary Ablett Sr., Ablett was drafted to Geelong under the father-son rule in the 2001 AFL draft.

Seth is the best footy player ever bra

5 Babe Ruth (Baseball) George Herman Ruth Jr., better known as Babe Ruth, was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935.
6 Wayne Gretzky (Ice Hockey) Wayne Douglas Gretzky CC is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League for four teams from 1979 to 1999.
7 Tiger Woods (Golf) Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer who is among the most successful golfers of all time.
8 Roger Federer (Tennis) Roger Federer (born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 3 in men's singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles, the most in history for a male tennis player. He has held the world No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings for a record total of 302 weeks (the only male player to be No. 1 for more than 300 weeks) and was ranked No. 1 for a record 237 consecutive weeks. Federer turned professional in 1998 and was continuously ranked in the top ten from October 2002 to November 2016. ...read more.
9 Michael Phelps (Swimming) Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985) is an American former competitive swimmer and the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time, with a total of 28 medals. Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold medals (23), Olympic gold medals in individual events (13), and Olympic ...read more.
10 Usain Bolt (Sprinting) Usain St Leo Bolt is a Jamaican retired sprinter, widely considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time. He is a world record holder in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay. ...read more.
The Contenders
11 Cristiano Ronaldo (Association Football) Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Juventus and captains the Portugal national team.

He is the best since he comes through in big games unlike choker Messi.

12 Pele (Association Football) Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as "Pelé", was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward. In 1999 he was named Athlete of the Century by the International Olympic Committee and was included in the Time list of the 100 most important people of the 20th century. In 2000, Pelé was voted World Player of the Century by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS), and was one of the two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the Century.
13 Carl Lewis (Track and Field) Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis is an American former track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals, one Olympic silver medal, and 10 World Championships medals, including eight gold. His career spanned from 1979 to 1996, when he last won an Olympic event.
14 Naim Süleymanoğlu (Weightliting)

Weightlifting of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).
Olympic sport.

15 Ma Long (Table Tennis)
16 Lorenzo Bernardi (Volleyball)
17 Dezso Gyarmati (Waterpolo)
18 Alexander Karelin (Wrestling)
19 Jack Nicklaus (Golf)

No way is Tiger the best ever in golf. Jack is by far.

20 Dario Cologna (Cross Country Skiing)
21 Sven Kramer (Speed Skating)
22 Yuzuru Hanyu (Figure Skating)
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