Who are your top 5 greatest sportsmen/athletes of all time, dead or alive?

[Anonymous]

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Mine are - Muhammad Ali, Roger Federer, Michael Jordan, Cristiano Ronaldo and Tiger Woods

[laurieluvsit]

You question is most interesting Mr Peter.

It is actually an extremely difficult question for me to answer the way you have phrased it. I think if you would have used 'favorite' instead of 'greatest' it would have been a much easier question.

Greatest can lead to many technicalities regarding who's 'record' was better and create much controversy. Maybe that is your intent.

I will beg your leniency if I might and answer instead who are my favorite. Plus I do not know enough about any 'dead' ones to include in my list... lol

1. Connor McGregor as one of the most entertaining athletes, and as a big fan of MMA, is among my favorite for the sport only. I say that leaving out his personal life which makes me want to vomit. I believe none of what I hear and half of what I see until it is verified but I did witness him throwing a dolly through a bus window that his biggest adversary was in at the time, which does add some credibility to the rumors of the way he treats females. One he reportedly punched in the stomach without any provocation whatsoever and told her he was going to drowned her which she took so seriously fearing for her life and jumped off of his yacht into the ocean and was later rescued by a Red Cross Ship. He made no attempt to rescue her. To much of his whisky maybe?

Mr Connor with my friend Nate Diaz (yes I know Nate personally)

2 & 3. Valentina and Antonina Shevchenko. Also UFC MMA fighters. I have had a long standing crush on Valentina for several years.

4. Francis Ngannou. He was also a UFC MMA fighter but is now entering the boxing arena. I totally love his humble and lovable personality!

5. Paddy 'The Baddy' Pimblett. Another UFC MMA fighter. So cute!

You'll have to guess what my favorite sport is... lol

[jahaims]

Are you a newer MMA fan? I am just curious based on your answer.

[laurieluvsit]

@jahaims
My sisters and I have practice martial arts since little but I only got into following UFC MMA about 2 or 3 years ago.

[davado88]

oh em gee your arse is sublime

[spartan55]

@laurieluvsit
Did you see McGregor punch a mascot with what appeared to be full effort at halftime of an NFL game. He was also accused of locking a woman in a unisex bathroom and unlawfully restraining the SAME weekend. He is a major turd.

[laurieluvsit]

@spartan55
I know, he's nuts.

I think he drinks too much whisky for one.

[DizzyDesii]

Its more so because they’re hot ans i love to watch em play lmao… Reggie Bush, Mookie Betts, Dansby Swanson, Cody Bellinger, and Tia Blanco

[DizzyDesii]

Shit forgot Michael Jordan

[DizzyDesii]

I love Cristiano and Neymar too

[DarkLegacy]

In no particular order:

1. For motor racing my all time favourite sportsman: Michael Schumacher

2. For tennis: Novak Djokovic

3. Athletics: Usain Bolt

4. Football: Cristiano Ronaldo

5. Swimming: Michael Phelps

Im judging this on sports people who i have regularly seen compete. All of them did extraordinary things that other competitors could not compete with.

[Asker]

Michael Phelps has great abs ;)

[lightbulb27]

Jessie Owens - more about timing and making a statement to the world and achievement at that time. 5 seconds that smacked the world in the face...

Greg Lemond - put a stamp on cycling for all time.

Michael Jordan or Larry Bird or - inspired

Jim Brown - put a stamp on football for eternity...

Mary Lou Retton -

[Wallythewalrus]

I'll just do football. Charles Woodson. He has a list of accomplishments as a defensive player that will never be duplicated. Won the Heisman Trophy, which is unheard of as a cornerback. Won NFL rookie of the year, won defensive player of the year, three times! Then, he finally won a Super Bowl with Green bay. The only player in NFL history to accomplish all of those things.

[Mybeachlife8888]

Mike Tyson, Bo Jackson, Connor McDavid, Patrick Mahomes, Lionel Messi.

Nostalgia might push you to vote for some of the older athletes, but I don’t think the older athletes could keep up with the new age athletes. Tyson and Jackson were both unstoppable in their prime…. And when you take that prime and compare it to today, they would still dominate. Key word being “Athlete”

[Billlewis]

Jim Thorpe, Muhammad Ali, Dan Marino, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning

[Evelyn99]

Cr7-messi-Muhammad Ali-Roger Federer-khabib nurmagomedov

[Asker]

Great choices :D

[DeeDeeDeVour]

1. Tiger Woods

2. Michael Jordan

3. Serena Williams

4. Manny Pacquiao

5. Michael Schumacher

[DeeDeeDeVour]

They all easily rolled out of my mind.

[AviatorTom]

I'm pretty old school... Babe Ruth, Michael Jordan, Pele, John Smoltz, Bart Starr

[NathanDavis]

- Jordan...
- Messi...
- Tom Brady...
- Rafael Nadal...
- Usain Bolt...

[Chewy______]

Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan, Tom Brady, Nolan Ryan, Michael Phelps.

[exitseven]

What abut Mark Spitz?

[Lliam]

Jim Thorpe
Muhammad Ali
Usain Bolt
Michael Phelps
Novak Djokovic

[KostasKouvalis]

I mostly watch soccer so I'm not too familiar with athletes in other sports, but I would say

Lionel Messi, Pelé, Babe Ruth, Michael Phelps, Usain Bolt

Yeah. I'm happy with that list.

[4ngelic]

pele, messi, ronaldo, michael jordan, mbappe

[Asker]

Mbappe already?

[KostasKouvalis]

I agree with Peter. Mbappe, really?

[KostasKouvalis]

And Ronaldo sucks😂

[HaveNoName]

Based on the sport or sports people I followed:

Mohammad Ali

Jehangir Khan

Roger Federar

Javed Miandad

5th place shared by more than 10 people

Sunil Gavaskar, Waqar Younis, Vivian Richards to name a few...

[exitseven]

Bruce Jenner
Ted Williams
Michael jordan
Tom Brady
Bobby Orr

[John_Cobretti]

I watch only Boxing
So I'll go with my fav ones
1) Rocky Marciano
2) Muhammad Ali
3) Mike Tyson
4) Sunny Liston
5) George Foreman

[Asker]

My little brother would get on well with you :)

[John_Cobretti]

HaHa why?

[Asker]

He loves boxing and loves old boxers

[John_Cobretti]

My man 🤜🤛

[Iron_Man]

Myself. Michael Jordan, Rocky Marciano, The Miami Dolphins 🐬 72 undefeated team and Dan Marino, the most pure passer

[NewHopeGir33]

Messi
Senna
De tori
Mohammed ali
Andy Maurry

[andreasderjuengere]

As in SPORTS-man:

- Sir Thomas Lipton

- Bernard Moitessier

- Frank Pong

- Michael David Edwards

- Michael Dunlop

[spartan55]

Muhammad Ali, Babe Ruth, Michael Jordan, Randy Moss, Wayne Gretzky

[spartan55]

Damn, just five?
Larry Bird, Joe Dimaggio, Magic Johnson, Tom Brady, Lawrence Taylor.

[renodnol32]

Sachin Tendulkar
Virat Kohli
Jinny Wilkinson
Frank Lampard
Serena Williams

[McLlovin]

Bo jackson, Dion Sanders, Michael Jordan, Lionel Messi, Sugar Ray Robinson

[Anonymous]

mark waugh number 1 elegant technique as batsman and almost supernatural talent as a fielder

mark waugh

[Opinion Owner]

number 2 david gower
number 3 greg matthews
number 4 tim david
number 5 kim hughes

most hated is ben stokes

[Opinion Owner]

oh i forgot allan border who ill swap with kim hughes

[mattissebfan5]

Messi
Schumacher
Federer
Woods
Djokovic

[lorenzomichael]

Kobe Bryant, Mike Tyson, Bo Jackson, Luke robitaille, and Barry bonds.

[MattyIce_IceBaby]

Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, Jim Thorpe, Billie Jean King, Bobby Orr.

[Sharkstealth]

Sean White, Glen Plake, Tony Hawk, Helio Gracie, Kelly Slater.

[spartan55]

A surfer, a skateboard era, and no idea who those others are.

[Sharkstealth]

@spartan55 Snowboard, extreme skiing and the Start of Brazilian Jujitsu.

[spartan55]

@Sharkstealth
Right on 👍. There are certainly transcendent figures in other sports besides the big four (US)

[Sharkstealth]

@spartan55 I have preferred single person sports. Add Efren Bata Reyes goat.

[Sharkstealth]

I got bored with team sports when I realized how cliquesh they were. Sometimes the best are just pushed away. I mostly just fall asleep to them now.

[spartan55]

@Sharkstealth
Is he that wingsuit guy?

[Sharkstealth]

@spartan55 billiards. Google him. He is philipino.

[spartan55]

Will do, I can appreciate good billiards because I absolutely suck at it.

[Starrrboy]

Michael Jordan , Roger Federer , Usain Bolt , Cristiano Ronaldo , Brock Lesnar...

[LiamJHayden]

Ted Williams, Barry Sanders, Kareem, Cal Ripken, Otto Graham.

[Anonymous]

I like your list, but would have to put Djokovic over Federer and Messi over Ronaldo.

[Asker]

Messi I would get that , but federer changed tennis forever and the people love him more, they hate djokovic :D I'd have Nadal over djokovic

[Opinion Owner]

I get that he's the "bad guy" but Djoko has the most major wins and against the better opponents. Fed spent is earlier years kicking the shit out of Andy Roddick--not especially impressive compared to what Nadal and Djoko had to go through.

[Asker]

Federer Nadal will always be the goats to the people, djokovic is boring and has hardly no competition till fed Nadal played him , and thank god alcaraz has arrived and schooled him at Wimbledon this year :D

[Asker]

Federer beat sampras and agassi too, plus remember Federer out of his prime when nadal djokovic started dominating they was late 20 early 30s while he was mid late 30s 🤔 and he won 3 majors late in his career one against Nadal :D

[Hispanic-Cool-Guy]

Lebron James, Tom Brady, Michael Phelps, Usain Bolt and Carl Lewis.

[Gabriel-Chicanito]

Julio Cesar Chavez, Babe Ruth, Magic Johnson, Jackie Robinson, Melchor Cob Castro..

[MikeInHawaii]

#1 Secretariat

[LemiaOfThunder]

Michael Schumacher
Messi
Ronaldo

[Vegasrunner]

Jordan, Brady, Gretzky, Rice, Russell.

[LimitedBenefits101]

Ali, Federer, Messi, Tiger , Kobe

[BLP11520]

Jordan Nicklaus Woods Gretzky Asron

[Katebfun]

David Beckham

[Anonymous]

Beep

[Jmmmfi4]

AL BUNDY

[QuietRunner]

Jim Thorpe