Best 100 Athletes

Top 100 Athletes of all time voted by regular people

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1. Michael Jordan
2. Tiger Woods
3. Muhammed Ali
4. Babe Ruth
5. Wayne Gretzky
6. Roger Federer
7. Michael Phelps
8. Pele
9. Lance Armstrong
10. Usain Bolt
11. Jim Thorpe
12. Kobe Bryant
13. Jim Brown
14. Lebron James
15. Jerry Rice
16. Wilt Chamberlain
17. Donald Bradman
18. Joe Montana
19. Bo Jackson
20. Carl Lewis
21. Diego Maradona
22. Michael Schumacher
23. Barry Sanders
24. Earvin "Magic" Johnson
25. Pete Rose
26. Pete Sampras
27. Peyton Manning
28. Willie Mays
29. Brett Favre
30. Hank Aaron
31. Jack Nicklaus
32. Jesse Owens
33. Walter Payton
34. Barry Bonds
35. Larry Bird
36. Mickey Mantle
37. Lou Gehrig
38. Deion Sanders
39. Nadia Comaneci
40. Mike Tyson
41. Ty Cobb
42. Mark Spitz
43. Tom Brady
44. Secretariat
45. Mario Lemieux
46. Albert Pujols
47. Cristiano Ronaldo
48. Dan Marino
49. Johnny Unitas
50. Michael Johnson
51. Ted Williams
52. Venus Williams
53. Bill Russell
54. Jackie Robinson
55. Alex Rodriguez
56. Rocky Marciano
57. Serena Williams
58. Kareem Abdul Jabar
59. John Elway
60. David Beckham
61. Derek Jeter
62. Steffi Graf
63. Joe DiMaggio
64. Babe Didrikson
65. Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima
66. Lionel Messi
67. Shaquille O'Neal
68. Zinedine Zidane
69. Oscar Robertson
70. Tim Duncan
71. Rafael Nadal
72. Jeff Gordon
73. Ken Griffey Jr.
74. Gordie Howe
75. Paavo Nurmi
76. Cy Young
77. Sergey Bubka
78. Randy Moss
79. Steve Nash
80. Rod Laver
81. Bobby Orr
82. Eddy Merckx
83. Jerry West
84. Joe Louis
85. Nolan Ryan
86. Sidney Crosby
87. Kenenisa Bekele
88. Valentino Rossi
89. Cal Ripken Jr.
90. Sachin Tendulkar
91. Sugar Ray Robinson
92. O.J. Simpson
93. Martina Navratilova
94. Alexander Ovechkin
95. Sandy Koufax
96. Ian Thorpe
97. Johan Cruyff
98. Billie Jean King
99. George Best
100. Martin Brodeur

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Best 100 Athletes of All Time updated on 08-04-2010