Top Ten Greatest Sports Stars

The Top Ten
1 Diego Maradona Diego Armando Maradona (October 30, 1960 - November 25, 2020) was an Argentine professional footballer. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, he was one of the two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award. Maradona was given the nickname "El Pibe de Oro" ("The Golden Boy"). He was known for the "Goal of the Century" and the "Hand of God" goal... read more

Must admit I hate him.. But can't deny the huge popularity he has. He was literally the face of football at his time. Do ask wrong stuffs and still managed to get away.. But great achievements no doubt..

2 Michael Jordan Michael Jeffrey Jordan, also known by his initials, MJ, is an American retired professional basketball player.

I am a huge Chicago Bulls fan. Jordan is king along with Pippen and Rodman. Go Bulls1

With 6 championships and plays even better when he's sick or mad, he needs to be #1

Who cares about American football? Messi is better

HE HAS COOL SHOES... and he's good at basketball.

3 Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. (January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer, activist, entertainer, poet, and philanthropist. Nicknamed The Greatest, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated sporting figures of the 20th century, and is frequently ranked as the best heavyweight boxer and greatest athlete of the century.

Originally known as Cassius Clay, at the age of 22 he won the world heavyweight championship from Sonny Liston. Ali changed his name after joining the Nation of Islam in 1964, subsequently converting to Sunni Islam in 1975, and later to Sufism. In 1967, three years after Ali had won the heavyweight championship, he was publicly vilified for his refusal to be conscripted into the U.S. military, based on his religious beliefs and opposition to the Vietnam War. Ali was eventually arrested and found guilty on draft evasion charges; he was stripped of his boxing title, and his boxing license was suspended. He was not imprisoned, but did not fight again for nearly four years while his appeal worked its way up to the U.S. supreme Court, where it was eventually successful.

Muhammad, he's a hero. He never gave up even with all of the set backs he had in life. No one thought an African American could be a sports star, but he changed that.

The ever strongest and most powerful in his field

More than just a boxer

4 Babe Ruth 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.

You all have to realize what babe Ruth did is amazing. Just imagine a tiny ball coming at you. You have no idea were it Is going to come from. You don't even know what pitch the pitcher is going to throw and you have to it 400 feet. Babe Ruth did that 615 Times.

How is he not number one he changed the game of baseball. He is one of the best baseball players of all time.

Babe ruth was a great baseball player

Best baseball player ever

5 Pele 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.

Pele was an absolute master when it came to ball control, he played with more skill than most modern players do. But, in my opinion, still only second best to, well... George best.

Should be first! He's the God of Football! Please.. They consider him the 'God'.

Start striker at such a young age

Best footballer ever.

6 Lionel Messi 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.

Christiano Ronaldo is about 100% better than lionel caca or Michael Jordan. A 5th grader is about as good as both Lionel and Michael. But for playing like Christiano Ronaldo, you have to practice daily 24/7 for about a year.

Why why WHY does Lionel Messi always have to be better than Ronaldo? Ronaldo is about a billion times better! A 4th grader could play better than Messi. Come on what are you thinking, PEOPLE!

He is a great sport star in all ways a magician when it comes to soccer. He has a wonderful attitude and a excellent shot on goal

You guys do not know what you guys are taLking about Messi is a billion times better than the Ronaldo.

7 Ronaldinho Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (born 21 March 1980), commonly known as Ronaldinho Gaúcho or simply Ronaldinho, is a Brazilian former professional footballer and current ambassador for Barcelona. He played mostly as an attacking midfielder, but was also deployed as a winger. Often considered one of the best players of his generation and regarded by many as one of the greatest of all time, Ronaldinho won two FIFA World Player of the Year awards and a Ballon d'Or. A global icon of the sport, he was renowned for his technical skills, creativity and dribbling ability, as well as his use of tricks, feints, overhead kicks, no-look passes and accuracy from free-kicks.

He is the world's most appreciated athlete. People just love to see him in the field. The game saver of FC Barcelona. A true athlete who showed pure masterly of the skills of soccer overall. Very disciplined fellow as well. Never heard in the media of him assaulting anyone or havin multiple girlfriends. Role model for many soccer enthusiasts these days. Should be no.3!

No. 5! A top class striker also with great skills. A guy who trained his left leg to dominate after his injury to his right! Came back from recovery and was more powerful than ever in the field. Winner of many awards plus highest goal scorer overall for the FIFA World Cup.

8 Joe Montana Joseph Clifford "Joe" Montana, Jr., nicknamed Joe Cool and The Comeback Kid, is a retired American football quarterback.

Many people think tom brady is the greatest qb. WRONG!

He is the best Qb in the world

9 Lebron James LeBron Raymone James is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. LeBron has played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat, and the Lakers.

What is LeBron James doing on this list? He is lucky to be a top 50 athlete. He is nowhere near the top 10

I agree that LBJ is still quite good but MJ is still 10x more better than lebron james

Awesome job, awesome shoes!

10 Usain Bolt 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 worlds fastest athlete in the world. No men can't beat him

Unbeatable in his sport. What other athlete can say that.

He is for sure the fastest athlete and man on earth.

Possibly not the best ever sportsman but he is the best current sportman

The Contenders
11 Tony Hawk Anthony Frank "Tony" Hawk, is an American professional skateboarder, actor and owner of skateboard company Birdhouse. Hawk is well known for completing the first documented 900 and for his licensed video game titles, published by Activision.
12 Floyd Mayweather
13 Wayne Gretzky 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.

Wayne Gretzky for sure. I don't follow, play, really have nothing to do with hockey and I know Wayne Gretzky! There aren't many people in the world who haven't hearc of Wayne Gretzky,

This list is a joke. Nobody changed their sport like Wayne did. He did more for his sport than any other person on here.

Gretzky is the only guy on the list that makes the rest of his sport's Hall of Fame look completely irrelevant.

He should at least be in the top 3. he could score, deke, and make great plays. not to mention, he retired with 61 records!

14 Jim Brown James Nathaniel Brown was a former professional American football player and actor. He was a running back for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League from 1957 through 1965.

Best NFL HB of all time. It taken at least 5 people to take him down what a beast

15 Jerry Rice Jerry Lee Rice is a former American football wide receiver who played 20 seasons in the National Football League, primarily with the San Francisco 49ers.

He has the most receiving touchdowns in history. Many people consider him to be the greatest of all time. He should be a lot higher up on this list.

Seattle is my favorite team!

16 Kobe Bryant Kobe Bryant (1978 - 2020) was an American retired professional basketball player. He played his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. Kobe Bryant has won 5 NBA championships with the Lakers and was the all-time leading scorer in Lakers franchise history. He Retired in 2016. He died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California at age 41.

A great shooter when it comes to 3pts

17 Jackie Robinson Jack Roosevelt Robinson was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era.

First black person to play in all white league that is pretty impressive to me

He showed to the world that black people have also talent at baseball

Best African American baseball player

18 Roger Federer 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.
19 Johnny Unitas John Constantine Unitas, nicknamed "Johnny U", or "The Golden Arm", was an American professional football player from the 1950s through the 1970s.

Top Quarterback to ever live from the Baltimore Colts.

20 LaDainian Tomlinson LaDainian Tramayne Tomlinson is a former professional American football player who was a running back in the National Football League for eleven seasons.
21 Sachin Tendulkar Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is a former Indian cricketer and captain, widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time.

Ask the competeters to play 463 9hr matches (ODI) & 200 5day matches (TEST) for 24 years of time. Does any one exist.. ?

22 Kevin Durant Kevin Wayne Durant is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association. He has played for the Oklahoma City Thunder, Golden State Warriors, and the Nets. He was MVP of the 2017 and 2018 NBA Finals.

He has improve a lot this year

23 Sanath Jayasuriya

The Greatest of All-time... He is a World of Inspiration... He came from a village & became a Legend/Personality & a Celebrity!

The Greatest Cricketer than Ever played the Game & Perhaps the Greatest Sportsman ever to play a Sport!

24 Wilt Chamberlain Wilton Norman "Wilt" Chamberlain was an American basketball player. He was born on August 21, 1936 in Philadelphia and died on October 12, 1999 in Los Angeles due to heart failure. ...read more.

He made approximanetly 100 NBA records and some of some still stand for more than half of a century.

25 Cristiano Ronaldo 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 coolest striker ever born. His team real Madrid is also best but unfortunately this time in UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE they lose.he should be above messi

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