Top 10 Most Violent Sports

By far more dangerous than any others. People ask why hockey doesn't have as many players as other sports such as soccer and it is because of how dangerous it is. Not everyone can handle being hit at really fast speeds. That's why they go for easier sports such as basketball, soccer, football you name it. I can already tell people are going to say "no, football is way harder! " If football is way harder then how about you try standing on a thin blade of medal while skating around way faster than you ever could run in football while trying to get a small piece of rubber in a net almost the same size as the goalie.

If we are only taking about the main sports we watch one T.V. witch is hockey, baseball, soccer, golf, basketball, ufc/boxing and football then yes for sure hockey is the most violent. I love to watch all of these sports but hockey is so fast and its full contact on ice with fighting. You don't ever hear about anyone being hurt from a ball except baseball but that does not happen nearly as much as hockey players getting hit with a puck. I have played hockey my whole life and played baseball and soccer also and nothing compares to hockey for pain and exhaustion.

In hockey you have a higher risk of getting a concussion and any form of injury. Your stopping time is slowed and it is harder to react to someone coming straight at you. You also go much faster on the ice then on land which makes the injuries and hits greater harder and harder to avoid. Many people have also been hit feom behind and recieved awful back injuries. People have messed up their backs, necks and shoulders from getting hit from behind. You can also take a shot from the puck and that can have the possibility to injure. People have also taken injuries like skates and pucks to the throat or neck. Several goalies have had sliced necks and almost died. There are also fights on the ice which the refs only stop once they fall or get to the ground. The fights can be brutal and sometimes involve the entire team. Ice hockey is the most violent sport.

Ice hockey is the most violent sport because you do not have protection on the back of your leg neck or below your nose once there was a goalie that got his neck sliced if it went 3 millimeters higher he would of been dead in two minutes he needed 147 stitches.in ice hockey you can fight and the refs leave you there fighting look up on YouTube about the biggest fight. it is full of exhaustion most people have a 1 minute shift.some people have died or got concussed I play hockey and I am 10 and I have split myself 2 times on neck and leg.

As a guy, who enjoy combat sports. I got to say MMA is one of the most dangerous sports I have every played. Get kicked in the ankle during a soccer practice? What about getting kick in the head, then proceed to be punch in the face multiple times while your down on the ground. Got tackled in a football game? Well what about being lift up in the air and land on your neck then get your arm almost being torn off and lock in an armbar. Unlike boxing, MMA is all about them martial arts being mixed into one. Mui Thai, boxing, kick boxing, judo, karate, wrestleing. It's a pretty tough game.

The point of the sport is literally to hurt your opponent.. many sports are brutal but as in the current number one spot, hockey, you are covered in protective gear and number two spot, rugby, you are not trying to hurt your opponent and like most other sports if you become too tired or hurt you may switch out with another player, where as mma you either stay in or lose

Extremely tough sport. As an amateur who has sparred with high ranking pros (regional circuit, not UFC or Bellator) I can attest to the pain inflicted and received over the course of a single round, let alone an entire fight. I have played hockey and American football and neither compare.

Pounding on your opponent until they are in submission. Young girls wearing almost nothing. Not at all a good example for youth. I would assume it appeals mostly to a low education crowd or those who enjoy extreme violence and stupidity.

I've played rugby for several years and have to agree it's the most brutal sport. I've had several broken bones/dislocations and lacerations to the face.
It is a more brutal game that American football in that, much like boxing, you have to carry on after each hit. Sure the hits in American football are huge, and injuries are commonplace, but in rugby, after a huge hit, you're quite likely to get trampled on by the studs of a 220lb beast. You've then got get straight back up and do it all over again. This is brutal on the body and the mind. You need balls of steel and be extremely fit.

Broken necks, backs, collar bones, noses, fingers, and toes are entirely too common in this game. Rucks and mauls have some serious potential to injure even the most physically strong and fit. Pro ruggers are freaks of nature, as they are all the size of defensive linemen, defensive ends, linebackers, fullbacks, and tight ends on an American football field, yet they move like the wide-receivers, CB's, safeties and tailbacks and run full-sprint for 80 straight minutes like soccer players. They are some scary individuals.

Played rugby for many years incredibly violent, endured many injuries while I played. Only a scrum hat for protection and very easy to get stepped on when you are on the floor in a ruck. Worst injury I have seen was a broken collar bone when I was a kid. I played a prop and was at the front of everything which also means I was in every ruck, maul and scrum. On the bright side it is great fun and a great way to stay fit

I play Rugby at the collegiate level in the United States and have to say I've never played a game in which no one got hurt. Everyone gets bruised up and at least one person goes to ER every time. I can understand people saying Hockey, GO RANGERS!, as the most violent sport however they have breaks and only play 60 minutes total with three breaks while in rugby it's just a very short halftime.

I would consider death the most serious injury. In hockey, in NHL history, only one player has died from an on-ice injury. 22 boxers died from their sport in 1953 alone. For frequency of traumatic head injuries, no major sport can match its unfortunate statistics.

Since inception, you get annual deaths from the sport. Statistically it is the most dangerous.

It is the only sport were you see plenty of its participants develop slurred speech while still active. MMA is catching up though.

This is the most grueling sport in the world. You can get some damaging punches early on and still have to fight another 10 rounds. Boxing tests and athletes mental will more than any sport.

I can tell you from experience that after playing this sport for awhile and after a broken nose, wrist, fingers, serious bruising and a few broken ribs it hurts a lot. Fun game though haha.

American football is easily the must violent. There has been tons of injuries, even career end injuries. Especially on kick offs, there are eleven people trying trying to tackle you that are about 250 lbs. If you know who Arron Donald is well then cool, but if you don't he's an absolute tank! He is 285 lbs!

American football is by far the most violent sport on the planet. Why? The pads. The evolution of American football has seen technologically advanced padding which professional football players have in turn used to their advantage in using themselves as weapons.
The speed of the game is insane, and when you look at the bulk of the padding, it's on their helmet and shoulders. Defensive players are now using themselves essentially as missiles, driving into chests, waists, and knees. Concussions are also super common, with players using their helmets to hit each other. No other game is full contact with "pads. " And padding makes the game much more fast, and violent.

I say that football is very violent because People are getting tackled constantly. Pads are suppose to protect people from serious injuries, but it's the over way around. The pads add weight to every player on the field making them heavier. When tackling other player, you add force to your weight and the added weight from the pads making the hit even harder which results in a concussion or broken bones.

The pads allow football players to hit as hard as they can. Rugby players, however, have little to no padding making them cautious when talking somebody. Ameican football is more violent than rugby because of the pads. Though some people are trying to make the game safer, it is still very violent and takes a lot of strength to play this game. Harder hits equals more violence on the field.

I think it is very dangerous. A family member of mine plays GOD you don't know how bad it is, you guys just watch it on T.V. but you don't know when he comes back from his practice. I told him not to do this but he is so in to it that he doesn't to listen to anybody.

In my opinion I think that wrestling is a very violent and dangerous game or sport
it is harmful and injuries (physical injuries) like bruise, blood, breaking a bone and even brain damage I don't think wrestling is a great game or sport to play,a lot of people say that wrestling is fake... but is it?!

Very dangerous and can end someones career in any second. They are trained a lot to practice to not totally hurt the opponents.

Your all alone on the mat so everything that happens is your fault. As well as the hardest practice of any high school sport.

I'm a water polo player I've been playing for seven years now and I've had my collarbone broken my nose broken five times four fingers and three shoulder dislocations. this sport should be #1 on the list. football players have pads and can breathe ninety percent of the time. we can't.

I play water polo and let me just say even though I this is my first year I have already almost broken 3 or 4 bones. Anything is fair game underwater and I mean anything, I've had been groped so and if you grope someone it gets you a good punch in the head. Even though all we wear is two pieces of plastic over our ears and our speedo. It is by far the most difficult sport I have ever done.

Very violent sport, I play at national level and the amount of injuries iv had due to rough play from not only boys but the girls too. Clawed and scratched... Punched and kicked, in places where it HURT'S (the nuts), also being hit in the throat makes it hard to breath and when you have great big men pushing and pulling you under it makes it so hard to play.

Generally, this sport can do real damage. Sometimes you may be bleeding in the pool and it won't get noticed. Where I have lived, the people can get real nasty if you don't man up and get on with it. A hard hit to the throat by the ball is nothing in this game. This sport really should be higher in the list. It's god damn BRUTAL for the entire bloody match!

I'm in a mixed under 13s lacrosse team where there are guys and girls and at least three kids cry in a game and the amount of kids going rampant and hack people with a stick is a lot. Also, quite a lot of swearing from either the kids playing lacrosse or people watching.

Should be far higher on the list, I guess it is lower because it is not amongst the most popular/well known sports.
In my opinion LAX is either the most dangerous team sport, or perhaps on a par with hockey, and probably the fastest team sport on foot. Can't think of any other sport where it is legal to take someone out with a 6 foot lump of titanium, and getting hit with a winded-up shot lacrosse ball at over 100mph (fastest shot ever currently stands at 116mph) sure can do some damage, even with pads, the balls are pretty dense. In addition to this, brawls are common.
Without pads, you would get deaths in this sport. That being said, it is so much fun to play!

So I've been doing a project on why lacrosse is one if not the most physically brutal sports in america. So the first thing I needed was a source claiming it as so. To my suprise some sites didn't have lacrosse on their page as one of the top most brutal sports. Most sites even had baseball as a more physical sport, which really is not sorry but not sorry (not hard physical, but mental).
Anyway after thinking about it I realized that baseball is 40x more popular than lacrosse. So to all of you lacrosse players out there like me don't concern. by the way look up war on the floor box lacrosse complication!

Lacrosse is a predecessor of Ice Hokey which is considered as a brutal sport. It was invented by American Indians, and called by them "Little War" or "War' little brother".
Not only you are allowed to smash into people and punch them (upper parts of the body and not back of the head), but also snack them with the stick. You can basically do nearly everything that takes to stop the opponent. Not for a joke, pads producers war their customers that their products can not protect from broken bones and other injuries.

Aussie rules footy should be in the top 3 if not number one, as it is a full contact sport without any pads or protective gear, with the exception of a mouth guard. If you watch any of the AFL hardest hits videos, it'll send a shiver down ya spine. they are running straight at each other at full speed and hip-and-shouldering each other. As you can get hit straight to the ground even if you aren't holding or having possession of the ball. personally I think it deserves a higher place over the likes of NFL where they go over the top with pads and it sonly about 5 seconds of action then they break.

What makes Aussie rules so violent is that it is one of the only games (where the players aren't wearing protective guarding all over them) where players collide full speed from opposite directions. It's faster, though cleaner now than in the 80's in any case through most of the season most teams have 25-35% of their squads unavailable due to injury...

This is one of the toughest sports in the world (I should know, I'm Aussie) and it should be higher on the list. The crunching hits without pads makes it tougher and rougher than American football

I love American football but Australian football is easily the most hardcore, rugby is third in my opinion.

The "science of 8 limbs", in Muay Thai the whole body is used to powerfully strike the opponent's body with bonecrushing techniques, is a combat sport like no other.

Much more violent than any other sport on this list. It's like kick boxing on steroids

I do Thai boxing and I think it is much more aggressive than boxing because u can punch kick knee elbow, and it can cause a lot more damage than the other ones I've seen on the list.

Hurts so bad. You get pummeled and thrown and knocked down. Broken bones and bruises and fights are legal like hockey.

I am in Roller Derby. It is an amazing sport. Its fun and its about teamwork. I recommend this sport.

Basketball is a "non" contact sport. But it can get pretty contact. Especially if you're a post player. You use your elbows and body to gain an advantage. I myself have given several girls broken bones or bloody noses and I wasn't even playing dirty

Basketball is a very high contact sport, pushing and muscling your way around (especially in the key)is allowed, without being excessive. Playing in college had much higher contact than high school.

I've been hit in the face with a basketball.

One of the rudest sports because they get punched in the paint and also elbowed in the pain

Umm do you want to be thrown around and possibly mauled by an up to over 2000 pound animal with giant hooves and horns that could tear you to shreds? Its common for hands to get stuck in the wrap and arms to be dislocated or broken. this often leads to a mauling and its common to get broken bones, concussions, and knocked teeth. I know someone with a metal plate in his head because of this sport.

Bull riding you can die this should number 1. You could get kicked in the head stabbed with there horns fell on by a 2000 pound animail

This is very dangerous

As a bull rider, I have to say the sport doesn't get the appreciation it deserves