Greatest White Athletes
The Top Ten
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.

Michael Phelps
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

Bjorn Borg

Janica Kostelic

Martina Navratilova

Larry Bird
Larry Joe Bird is an American retired professional basketball player who played for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association. Bird is a 3x champ, 1x ROTY, 1x Finals MVP, 3x 3PT Contest winner, all with the Boston Celtics. (1979-1992)

Jack Dempsey

Lionel Messi
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.

Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (born February 5, 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Saudi Pro League club Al-Nassr and captains the Portugal national team.

Billie Jean King
Billie Jean King (née Moffitt. Born November 22, 1943), also known as BJK, is an American former world No. 1 tennis player.
Widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, King won 39 Grand Slam titles: 12 in singles, 16 in women's doubles, and 11 in mixed doubles.
She... read more

Widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, King won 39 Grand Slam titles: 12 in singles, 16 in women's doubles, and 11 in mixed doubles.
She... read more
The Newcomers
? Mika Häkkinen

? Wayne Rooney
Wayne Mark Rooney is a former English professional footballer who played for and captained both Manchester United and the England national team.
He remains Manchester United's all-time leading goalscorer and was England's record goalscorer until 2023.

The Contenders
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... read more

Boris Becker
Boris Franz Becker is a German former world No. 1 professional tennis player. He was successful from the start of his career, winning the first of his six major singles titles at age 17.

Magdalena Neuner

Paavo Nurmi

Steffi Graf

Sonja Henie

Johnny Weissmuller

Oliver Kahn
Oliver Rolf Kahn is a German former football goalkeeper. He started his career in the Karlsruher SC Junior team in 1975. Twelve years later, Kahn made his debut match in the professional squad.

Gerd Müller

Carolina Klüft
Don 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.

Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Sergey Bubka

Joe Namath
Joseph William Namath, nicknamed "Broadway Joe", is a former American football quarterback and actor.

Mark Spitz
Mark Andrew Spitz is an American former competitive swimmer, nine-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in seven events.

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