Top Ten Best Athletes Whose Names Start With the Letter D

The Top Ten
1 Deion Sanders Deion Luywnn Sanders, Sr. is a former American football and former American baseball player, who works as an analyst for CBS Sports and the NFL Network.
2 Dan Gable
3 Donald Bradman 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.
4 Daley Thompson
5 Derek Jeter Derek Sanderson Jeter is an American former professional baseball shortstop, current businessman and baseball executive who is the chief executive officer and part owner of the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball.
6 David Beckham David Robert Joseph Beckham is (born 2 May 1975) is an English former professional footballer, the current president & co-owner of Inter Miami CF and co-owner of Salford City.. He played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, Milan, LA Galaxy, Paris Saint-Germain and the England national team, for which he held the appearance record for an outfield player until 2016. He is the first English player to win league titles in four countries: England, Spain, the United States and France. He retired in May 2013 after a 20-year career, during which he won 19 major trophies.
7 Dale Earnhardt Ralph Dale Earnhardt Sr., known professionally as Dale Earnhardt, was an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner, best known for his involvement in stock car racing for NASCAR.
8 Dina Asher-Smith
9 David Rudisha

You want running greats, there he is. David Rudisha winning the 800 meters in the 2012 and 2016 Olympics instantly earn him one of the Olympic all time greats. In 3 straight years he was named The Track and Field News Athlete of the Year (2010-2012). He's the ONLY man to run the 800 meters in under 101 seconds or one minute 41 seconds. He was also won the 800 meters in the 2011 and 2015 Track and Field World Championships. He won 9 gold medals in all of Track and Field major events and a legend for all times.
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10 Dwyane Wade Dwyane Tyrone Wade Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association.
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11 Dominique Wilkins Jacques Dominique Wilkins is an American retired professional basketball player who primarily played for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association.

Here's one of the greatest athletes not to win an NCAA Championship or an NBA Title, But Wilkins' highlight reel dunks landed him in the Basketball Hall of Fame. The closest that Wilkins ever come to winning the NBA title happened twice first in the 1985-86 season where his NBA Champion scoring title of 30.3 per game landed them in the 2nd round of the NBA Playoffs with the Boston Celtics. Even though he scored 28.6 per game in the playoffs, his Hawks could go no further as the Celtics beat them in 5 games.
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12 Dan Hampton
13 Darrell Waltrip
14 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. He died of cardiac arrest on November 25, 2020 at the age of 60
15 Dafne Schippers
16 Daryll Neita
17 Déborah Sananes
18 Doug Wilson
19 Donald Brumfield
20 Daron Rahlves
21 Don Sutton
22 Dwight Gooden
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