Top ten ranking Athletes of all times.
Ranked overall performance of the top ten most dominant Athletes of all times. First selected different sports that had the highest numbers of fans and participate worldwide. From each sport, the top peers had voted for their #1 ranked choice of Athlete of all time in their sport.This criteria worked for me, please ask any questions.
1.The Athletes.Contribution to overall popularity, & duration of the sport and still active.
2.Versatility within their sport & top levels in other sports played.
3.Untouchable individual records of wins/points & most dominant athlete.
4. Titles and world records.
5. Most fans and participates international in among all sports.
Ranked in each category among top ten Athletes selected, lowest score ranks best.
1st. Karch Kiraly (1979-2007)
1.4th, 2.3rd, 3.4th, 4.4th, 5.4th =19
1st. Pele (1956-1977)
1.2nd, 2.7th, 3.6th,4.3nd, 5.1st =19
3nd. Mike Phelps (2000-2016).
1.9th, 2.2nd, 3.1st, 4.1st, 5.8th =21
3nd. Usain Bolt (2004-2018)
1.8th, 2.6th, 3.3nd, 4.2nd, 5.2nd =21
5th. Serena Williams (1998- 2018)
1.7th, 2.5th, 3.5th, 4.5th, 5.7th =28
6th. Michel Jordan. (1984-1998-2003.
1.5th, 2.4th, 3.9th, 4.9th, 5.5th =31
6th.Wayne Gretzky, 1979-1999
1.6th, 2.8th, 3.2th, 4.6th, 5.9th =31
8th. Tiger Woods (1996-2018) active
1.3rd, 2.8th, 3.7th, 4.9th, 5.5th =32
9th..Muhammad Alli
1.1st, 2.9th, 3.9th 4.9th, 5.6th =34
9th.. Jim thorpe 1909- 1928.
1.9th, 2.1st, 3.8th, 4.7th, 5.9th =34
My personal choice is Michael Phelps #1 and Jim Thorpe 2nd. Kiraly was a surprise, not so much Pele. Since he has won more world cups than anyone and soccer has 4 billion fans. Tiger Woods & Serena Williams are the only Athletes legend still active.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Bicycle and walking would have the most participates, just not as many fans.
Wilt Chamberlain had about the most intense scoring record for 14 seasons. Wilt was 5th on the all time highest scoring records. Behind 63 players for NBA most titles.
Castlepaloma
Level 8
Oct 7, 2018
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Most people don't include bicycling big enough, you should read up on Eddy Merckx. Two others came into their sports untouchable from the beginning, Wilt Chamberlain and Lawrence Taylor. Just throwing that out there
clarkatticus
Level 7
Oct 6, 2018
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Where's Colin KapperDick,lol
mikebeed
Level 7
Oct 6, 2018
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If Bruce Jenner still existed, I might consider him, lmao!
@mikebeed
Jim Thorpe won both Gold in pentathlon and Decathlon in Sweden Olympics.
The King said you are the best athletes in the world. Jim said, Thanks King.
Jim Thorpe was voted Best American Athlete of the century. Since 7 Americans on are this list of the top ten, do I say more.
Caitlyn Jenner, could still complete in the Grandma master's. On a poster, airbrushed she looks good for age 68.
I read an article (back when he was still alive) that said in the author's opinion, Aerton Senna was the greatest living athlete. The headline perplexed me, so I read the article. The author made a very good argument. Since then, I have viewed racing car drivers in a very different light. What they do is actually intensely physically difficult.
AlmostVulcan
Level 5
Oct 6, 2018
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Look stats and fans are great measures, OK? But when it comes to the Top 10, this is incredibly wrong
The list should be:
- Kobe
- Kobe
- Kobe
- etc.
Jest aside, it's interesting that there's only 1 football player on here, and one most people haven't heard of. Walter Payton deserves to be on that list for sure.
Xuande
Level 7
Oct 6, 2018
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Jim Thorpe really promoted football into the NFL more than anyone.
Bill Russell 11 NBA title
Michael Jordan 7 titles
Kobe Bryan 5 titles
LeBRON James 2 title
Peers voted Jordan no 1. Player of all times.
LeBRON has most points in playoffs of all times. It would be a Jordan challenge if LeBRON dose very well in LA for the next 4 years.
Walter Payton had great individual records. Yet, only won two Superbowl rings. Over 40 players have won more than one Superbowl ring with Tom Brady winning Five rings
@Castlepaloma Otto Graham, the forgotten quarterback . He took the Browns to nine consecutive championship games, winning seven. Still holds two records: most yards per pass; and highest percentage of wins in a career for a QB.
@Beowulfsfriend
Otto Graham was the starting quarterback for seven championship teams with the Cleveland Browns. But only three of those teams won NFL championships.
American football was invented in Canada in 1874. My pick is Jim Thorpe because of his dominatance in Championships early on in pro football brought the popularity to the push for the NFL League.
Pele is no surprise. 20 years after retiring he was still the highest money making athelete, actually making more than Jordan in his hey days. Pele was making 200 million a year in the 90's. That is what world wide fame can bring.
I would add Ali, myself, near the top.
Beowulfsfriend
Level 9
Oct 6, 2018
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Ali became the first million $ boxer. Today Floyd Mayweather is the first billion$ boxer without a loss. Although peers voted Ali ranked #1. Comparing world championships and win/loss records, not as great as a couple of other boxers and top other athletes.
Never heard of Gretzky or Kiraly - no wonder, since ice hockey and volleyball are not major international sports. Off-hand, I can think of Paavo Nurmi, Don Bradman, Roger Federer, Bjorn Borg, Carl Lewis and Maradona who I would put above them, although really it's a pointless exercise to compare oranges to apples.
Gareth
Level 7
Oct 6, 2018
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Vollyball
Five continental confederations: AVC (Asia), CAVB (Africa), CEV (Europe), CSV (South America) and NORCECA (North and Central America). The fifth largest in sports fans.
Ice hockey is the least worldwide sport on this list. Yet played on 4 continents and needed something to represent winter sports.
Just at a glance if Williams is there so should Federer, if Phelps is there what about Spitz, Tiger Woods then surely Nicholas.
I get that any list is open to opinion but this seems to miss a few.
ipdg77
Level 8
Oct 6, 2018
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William has won 3 more single grand slams than Federer and most double and mixed doubles grand slams. Only women athletes to make to the top 50 networth athletes.
Tiger was voted by peers, although personally I picked Nicholas too.
Can't pick two in one sport, that would be bias.
Where's Hulk Hogan?
Count_Viceroy
Level 7
Oct 6, 2018
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Some people actually think that is all real.
I was competing in international wrestling, at their age, BRING IT ON!!!
@Stevil
A fair part of it was real up to the 1990s. The million $ man-Ed change the stories alot.
Pro wrestling is one of the safest professional contact sports.
@Stevil
Ric Flair, said so himself and I can see for myself.
@jorj
Pro football players have tried out for pro wrestling and many didn't make the cut physically. They say the wrestlers and their feild have one the highest IQs in sports. Where golfers are said to have one of the lowest IQs. Love Jessi Ventura, more now.
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