Top 10 Little Guys In Sports

The Top Ten
1 Diego Maradona 5'5" 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. He died of cardiac arrest on November 25, 2020 at the age of 60
2 Lionel Messi 5'7" Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi was born on June 24, 1987. He is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for the American club, Inter Miami CF, in the MLS. Messi is widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time. His birthplace is Rosario, Argentina.

Good things come in small packages

3 Naim Suleymanoglu 4'11"
4 Muggsy Bogues 5'3" Tyrone Curtis "Muggsy" Bogues is a retired American basketball player. The shortest player ever to play in the National Basketball Association, the 5 ft 3 in Bogues played point guard for four teams during his 14-season career in the NBA.
5 Willie Keeler 5'4"
6 Sachin Tendulker 5'5"

The best it is the best it was and the best ever will be

7 Maurice Jones Drew 5'7"
8 Doug Flutie 5'10"
9 Dustin Pedriora 5'8"
10 Garrincha Manuel Francisco dos Santos, known by the nickname Garrincha, was a Brazilian footballer who played right winger and forward.

Same height as Messi.

The Contenders
11 Theo Fleury 5'6"
12 Halil Mutlu 4'11"

For those who don't know him, he's one of the four weightlifters that won three gold Olympic medals (two Turkish, two Greeks).

13 Spud Webb 5' 7"

The shortest player to win the dunk contest of the NBA (1986).
I knew him previously as he came as a college player in my country. But... Unbeleivable...

14 Nate Robinson 5'9" Nathaniel Cornelius Robinson is an American professional basketball player for Homenetmen Beirut of the Lebanese Basketball League. Born in Seattle, Robinson played college basketball for the University of Washington in Seattle and was the 21st pick in the 2005 NBA draft.

How did you people miss this guy this guy is the most awesome short guy out there!

15 Jose Altuve 5'4" José Carlos Altuve is a Venezuelan professional baseball second baseman for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball. The Astros signed Altuve as an amateur free agent on March 6, 2007, and he made his major league debut on July 20, 2011.

The Houston Astros Second Baseman is awesome! Great player!

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