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Top 100 athletes of all time

The top 100 athletes of all time, ranked by everyone, one head-to-head pick at a time.

  1. Lionel Messi 1987–
  2. Pelé 1940–2022
  3. Muhammad Ali 1942–2016
  4. Cristiano Ronaldo 1985–
  5. Diego Maradona 1960–2020
  6. Alex Ferguson 1941–
  7. Ayrton Senna 1960–1994
  8. Michael Schumacher 1969–
  9. Jean-Claude Van Damme 1960–
  10. Michael Jordan 1963–
  11. Lewis Hamilton 1985–
  12. Johan Cruyff 1947–2016
  13. Dwayne Johnson 1972–
  14. Alfredo Di Stéfano 1926–2014
  15. Luis Enrique 1970–
  16. Carlo Ancelotti 1959–
  17. Hulk Hogan 1953–2025
  18. Alain Prost 1955–
  19. Novak Djokovic 1987–
  20. Zlatan Ibrahimović 1981–
  21. Zinedine Zidane 1972–
  22. Neymar 1992–
  23. Luka Modrić 1985–
  24. Florentino Pérez 1947–
  25. Magnus Carlsen 1990–
  26. Jürgen Klopp 1967–
  27. Caitlyn Jenner 1949–
  28. Robert Lewandowski 1988–
  29. Juan Manuel Fangio 1911–1995
  30. O. J. Simpson 1947–2024
  31. Maria Sharapova 1987–
  32. Niki Lauda 1949–2019
  33. Babe Ruth 1895–1948
  34. James Hunt 1947–1993
  35. Venus Williams 1980–
  36. Franz Beckenbauer 1945–2024
  37. Arsène Wenger 1949–
  38. Rafael Nadal 1986–
  39. Ferenc Puskás 1927–2006
  40. Bobby Fischer 1943–2008
  41. Hansi Flick 1965–
  42. Ronaldo 1976–
  43. Michel Platini 1955–
  44. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1947–
  45. Harry Kane 1993–
  46. Eusébio 1942–2014
  47. Roger Federer 1981–
  48. Mohamed Salah 1992–
  49. Vince McMahon 1945–
  50. Pep Guardiola 1971–
  51. Mike Tyson 1966–
  52. Lev Yashin 1929–1990
  53. Marco van Basten 1964–
  54. Arthur Ashe 1943–1993
  55. Shaquille O'Neal 1972–
  56. Dolph Lundgren 1957–
  57. Dave Bautista 1969–
  58. Wilt Chamberlain 1936–1999
  59. Fernando Alonso 1981–
  60. José Mourinho 1963–
  61. George Foreman 1949–2025
  62. Conor McGregor 1988–
  63. Sven-Göran Eriksson 1948–2024
  64. Ronaldinho 1980–
  65. Jim Thorpe 1887–1953
  66. Chris Benoit 1967–2007
  67. Nadia Comăneci 1961–
  68. Michael Phelps 1985–
  69. Gerd Müller 1945–2021
  70. Kylian Mbappé 1998–
  71. Diego Simeone 1970–
  72. Joe Frazier 1944–2011
  73. Xabi Alonso 1981–
  74. Khabib Nurmagomedov 1988–
  75. Enzo Ferrari 1898–1988
  76. LeBron James 1984–
  77. Francesco Totti 1976–
  78. Lamine Yamal 2007–
  79. Wayne Gretzky 1961–
  80. James Naismith 1861–1939
  81. Andre Agassi 1970–
  82. Jackie Robinson 1919–1972
  83. David Beckham 1975–
  84. Jesse Owens 1913–1980
  85. Wilhelm Steinitz 1836–1900
  86. Steffi Graf 1969–
  87. Dražen Petrović 1964–1993
  88. Eddy Merckx 1945–
  89. Terry Fox 1958–1981
  90. Magic Johnson 1959–
  91. Morihei Ueshiba 1883–1969
  92. Gianluigi Buffon 1978–
  93. Garry Kasparov 1963–
  94. Erling Haaland 2000–
  95. Sebastian Vettel 1987–
  96. Emil Zátopek 1922–2000
  97. Paul Morphy 1837–1884
  98. Stephen Curry 1988–
  99. Martina Navratilova 1956–
  100. Floyd Mayweather 1977–

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