Last update: 3/5/25

Rank	Baseball	Basketball	Football	Golf	Hockey	MMA	Pro Wrestling	Soccer	Tennis
1	Barry Bonds	LeBron James	Tom Brady	Tiger Woods	Wayne Gretzky	Jon Jones	Hulk Hogan	Lionel Messi	Novak Djokovic
2	Babe Ruth	Michael Jordan	Jerry Rice	Jack Nicklaus	Gordie Howe	Anderson Silva	Ric Flair	Cristiano Ronaldo	Roger Federer
3	Willie Mays	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Peyton Manning	Phil Mickelson	Alexander Ovechkin	Alexander Volkanovski	“Stone Cold” Steve Austin	Pelé	Rafael Nadal
4	Roger Clemens	Shaquille O’Neal	Lawrence Taylor	Ben Hogan	Mario Lemieux	George St-Pierre	The Undertaker	Robert Lewandowski	Pete Sampras
5	Lou Gehrig	Tim Duncan	Ray Lewis	Sam Snead	Bobby Orr	Khabib Nurmagomedov	The Rock	Gerd Müller	Rod Laver
6	Randy Johnson	Magic Johnson	Emmitt Smith	Arnold Palmer	Sidney Crosby	Ilia Topuria	John Cena	Diego Maradona	Björn Borg
7	Hank Aaron	Kobe Bryant	Aaron Rodgers	Tom Watson	Patrick Roy	Islam Makhachev	Shawn Michaels	Zinedine Zidane	Jimmy Connors
8	Ted Williams	Steph Curry	Reggie White	Gary Player	Connor McDavid	Merab Dvalishvili	“Macho Man” Randy Savage	Andrés Iniesta	Ivan Lendl
9	Greg Maddux	Kevin Durant	Bruce Smith	Bobby Jones	Jaromir Jagr	Israel Adesanya	Bret Hart	Johan Cruyff	Andre Agassi
10	Alex Rodriguez	Larry Bird	Aaron Donald	Rory McIIroy	Mark Messier	Fedor Emelianenko	Andre The Giant	Kylian Mbappé	John McEnroe
11	Mike Schmidt	Karl Malone	Joe Montana	Ernie Els	Martin Brodeur	Francis Ngannou	Roman Reigns	Paolo Maldini	Andy Murray
12	Albert Pujols	Nikola Jokic	Patrick Mahomes	Nick Faldo	Phil Esposito	Stipe Miocic	Brock Lesnar	Luka Modrić	Boris Becker
13	Ty Cobb	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Drew Brees	Seve Ballesteros	Nicklas Lidstrom	Daniel Cormier	Lou Thesz	Franz Beckenbauer	Stefan Edberg
14	Clayton Kershaw	Hakeem Olajuwon	Deion Sanders	Lee Trevino	Ray Bourque	Leon Edwards	Buddy Rogers	Ronaldo	Mats Wilander
15	Mike Trout	James Harden	Anthony Munoz	Greg Norman	Dominik Hasek	Kamaru Usman	Bruno Sammartino	Manuel Neuer	Pancho Gonzales
16	Pedro Martinez	David Robinson	Brett Favre	Brooks Koepka	Jean Beliveau	Alex Pereira	Seth Rollins	Xavi	Ken Rosewall
17	Justin Verlander	Wilt Chamberlain	Barry Sanders	Walter Hagen	Bobby Hull	Khamzat Chimaev	Triple H	Luis Suárez	Bill Tilden
18	Rogers Hornsby	Kawhi Leonard	Rod Woodson	Gene Sarazen	Maurice Richard	Henry Cejudo	Harley Race	Karim Benzema	Jack Kramer
19	Mickey Mantle	Kevin Garnett	Bruce Matthews	Byron Nelson	Guy Lafleur	Dominick Cruz	Dusty Rhodes	Michel Platini	John Newcombe
20	Stan Musial	Dirk Nowitzki	JJ Watt	Vijay Singh	Doug Harvey	Lyoto Machida	Sting	Marco van Basten	Jim Courier
21	Walter Johnson	Chris Paul	Joe Greene	Nick Price	Jacques Plante	Dan Henderson	Mick Foley	Sergio Ramos	Don Budge
22	Lefty Grove	Moses Malone	Alan Page	Dustin Johnson	Ken Dryden	Shogun Rua	Cody Rhodes	Gianluigi Buffon	Ellsworth Vines
23	Mariano Rivera	Bill Russell	Derrick Brooks	Bernhard Langer	Glen Hall	Robert Whittaker	Gorgeous George	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Roy Emerson
24	Max Scherzer	Charles Barkley	Walter Payton	Billy Casper	Stan Mikita	Demetrious Johnson	Chris Jericho	Ferenc Puskás	Arthur Ashe
25	Jimmie Foxx	Jerry West	Jim Brown	Raymond Floyd	Bobby Clarke	Max Holloway	Kurt Angle	Harry Kane	Ilie Năstase
26	Tom Seaver	Julius Erving	Ronnie Lott	Scottie Scheffler	Evgeni Malkin	Dustin Poirier	Randy Orton	Thierry Henry	Guillermo Vilas
27	Manny Ramirez	Dwyane Wade	Ed Reed	Jordan Spieth	Eddie Shore	Fabricio Werdum	Ted DiBiase	Bobby Charlton	Stan Wawrinka
28	Rickey Henderson	Rick Barry	Marshall Faulk	Ben Crenshaw	Joe Sakic	Rampage Jackson	Roddy Piper	Eusébio	Carlos Alcaraz
29	Miguel Cabrera	Oscar Robertson	LaDainian Tomlinson	Hale Irwin	Patrick Kane	Chuck Liddell	Terry Funk	Lothar Matthäus	Jannik Sinner
30	Warren Spahn	John Stockton	Randy Moss	Payne Stewart	Nikita Kucherov	Randy Couture	Daniel Bryan	Ronaldinho	Daniil Medvedev
31	Joe DiMaggio	Anthony Davis	Terrell Owens	Xander Schauffele	Steve Yzerman	Matt Hughes	Edge	Iker Casillas	Lleyton Hewitt
32	Christy Mathewson	Russell Westbrook	Steve Young	Pádraig Harrington	Bryan Trottier	Alistair Overeem	Scott Hall	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Andy Roddick
33	Ken Griffey Jr.	Steve Nash	Travis Kelce	Jon Rahm	Brett Hull	Charles Oliveira	Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	Marat Safin
34	Frank Robinson	Joel Embiid	Mike Singletary	Justin Thomas	Erik Karlsson	Conor McGregor	Nick Bockwinkel	Toni Kroos	Patrick Rafter
35	David Ortiz	Gary Payton	Randy White	Sergio Garcia	Paul Coffey	Jose Aldo	Jake “The Snake” Roberts	Roberto Carlos	Gustavo Kuerten
36	Frank Thomas	Scottie Pippen	Charles Woodson	Jason Day	Chris Chelios	Dricus Du Plessis	Kane	Mohamed Salah	René Lacoste
37	Reggie Jackson	Adrian Dantley	Rob Gronkowski	Justin Rose	Denis Potvin	Belal Muhammad	Jerry “The King” Lawler	Kevin DeBruyne	Henri Cochet
38	Bob Gibson	Damian Lillard	TJ Watt	Adam Scott	Andrei Vasilevskiy	Frank Shamrock	AJ Styles	Garrincha	Hans Nüsslein
39	Johnny Bench	Clyde Drexler	Champ Bailey	Julius Boros	Mike Bossy	Royce Gracie	John Moxley	Neymar	Gottfried von Cramm
40	Sandy Koufax	Luka Doncic	Jonathan Ogden	Harry Vardon	Howie Morenz	Rashad Evans	Bob Backlund	Roberto Baggio	Goran Ivanišević
41	Willie Stargell	George Gervin	John Elway	John Henry Taylor	Terry Sawchuk	Tito Ortiz	The Big Show	Romário	Juan Carlos Ferrero
42	Mel Ott	Jimmy Butler	Junior Seau	James Braid	Al MacInnis	Wanderlei Silva	“Superstar” Billy Graham	Franco Baresi	Thomas Muster
43	Cy Young	Tony Parker	Randall McDaniel	José María Olazábal	Larry Robinson	Aljamain Sterling	Mr. Pefect	Francesco Totti	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
44	Tris Speaker	Jason Kidd	Jack Lambert	Johnny Miller	Jari Kurri	Brandon Moreno	CM Punk	Raúl	Carlos Moyá
45	Jim Palmer	Walt Frazier	Adrian Peterson	Larry Nelson	Nathan MacKinnon	Cain Velasquez	Chris Benoit	Philipp Lahm	Juan Martin Del Potro
46	Steve Carlton	John Havlicek	Eric Dickerson	Davis Love III	Red Kelly	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	Big Van Vader	Dani Alves	Michael Chang
47	Honus Wagner	Reggie Miller	John Hannah	Fred Couples	Pierre Pilote	Junior dos Santos	Dory Funk Jr.	Carles Puyol	Dominic Thiem
48	Chipper Jones	Dwight Howard	Larry Allen	Jim Furyk	Sergei Fedorov	Chris Weidman	Jack Brisco	Luís Figo	Michael Stich
49	George Brett	Rudy Gobert	Willie Roaf	Cary Middlecoff	Peter Forsberg	Ken Shamrock	Bruiser Brody	Lev Yashin	Jaroslav Drobný
50	Carl Yastrzemski	Patrick Ewing	Ken Houston	Lanny Wadkins	Patrice Bergeron	Bas Rutten	Pedro Morales	Rivaldo	Pancho Segura
51	Curt Schilling	Paul George	Walter Jones	Tom Kite	Auston Matthews	Rickson Gracie	Kevin Nash	Thomas Müller	Bobby Riggs
52	Joe Morgan	Paul Pierce	Michael Strahan	Tom Weiskopf	Leon Draisaitl	Anthony Johnson	Drew McIntyre	Ruud Gullit	Sergi Bruguera
53	Pete Alexander	Pau Gasol	Derrick Henry	Reteif Goosen	Chris Pronger	Vitor Belfort	Rick Rude	Paolo Rossi	Tony Roche
54	Pete Rose	Ray Allen	Jack Ham	Louis Oosthuizen	Brian Leetch	Jake Shields	The Ultimate Warrior	Mario Kempes	Stan Smith
55	Derek Jeter	Allen Iverson	Warren Sapp	Henrik Stenson	Cyclone Taylor	Forrest Griffin	Vern Gagne	Giuseppe Meazza	Jan Kodeš
56	Yogi Berra	Isiah Thomas	Von Miller	Lee Westwood	Newsy Lalonde	Glover Teixeira	The Miz	Marcelo	Fred Perry
57	Jeff Bagwell	Kyrie Irving	John Randle	Martin Kaymer	Joe Malone	Justin Gaethje	Stan Hansen	Hugo Sánchez	Lew Hoad
58	Jim Thome	Dominique Wilkins	Marvin Harrison	David Duval	Teemu Selanne	Vadim Nemkov	Jimmy Snuka	Alan Shearer	Tony Trabert
59	Vladimir Guerrero	Manu Ginobili	Lamar Jackson	Steve Elkington	Scott Stevens	Ryan Bader	Dick the Bruiser	Andriy Schevchenko	Frank Sedgman
60	Mike Piazza	Bob McAdoo	Dan Marino	Justin Leonard	Jarome Iginla	Phil Davis	Ray Stevens	Kaká	Stefanos Tsitsipas
61	Tom Glavine	Willis Reed	Mike Webster	Hubert Green	Steve Stamkos	Frankie Edgar	Booker T.	Andrea Pirlo	Alexander Zverev
62	Gaylord Perry	Dave Cowens	Will Shields	Curtis Strange	Ed Belfour	Mirko Cro Cop	Rey Mysterio	Bobby Moore	Jack Crawford
63	John Smoltz	Chauncey Billups	Darrelle Revis	Mark O’Meara	Ted Lindsay	Ricardo Arona	DDP	Erling Haaland	David Ferrer
64	Roy Halladay	Chris Webber	DeMarcus Ware	Ian Woosnam	Marcel Dionne	Gegard Mousasi	Kevin Owens	Steven Gerrard	Tomáš Berdych
65	Cal Ripken Jr.	Dikembe Mutombo	Alan Faneca	Fuzzy Zoeller	Scott Niedermayer	Antonio Rogerio Nogueira	The Sheik	Franck Ribéry	Yannick Noah
66	Nolan Ryan	Alonzo Mourning	Gino Marchetti	Tom Lehman	Zdeno Chara	Kazushi Sakuraba	Jeff Hardy	Ángel Di María	Vitus Gerulaitis
67	Gary Sheffield	Kevin McHale	Bobby Wagner	Collin Morikawa	Duncan Keith	TJ Dillashaw	Eddie Guerrero	Virgil van Dijk	Pat Cash
68	Whitey Ford	James Worthy	Bob Lilly	Bubba Watson	Anze Kopitar	Josh Barnett	Kenny Omega	Alessandro Nesta	Jean Borotra
69	Eddie Mathews	Alex English	Johnny Unitas	Bryson DeChambeau	Brad Park	Masakatsu Funaki	Goldberg	Lilian Thuram	Laurence Doherty
70	Johan Santana	Tracy McGrady	Deacon Jones	Zach Johnson	Bernie Geoffrion	Cyril Gane	Lex Luger	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
71	Wade Boggs	Bernard King	Merlin Olsen	Angel Cabrera	Bernie Parent	Deiveson Figueiredo	Bam Bam Bigelow	Cafu	David Nalbandian
72	Al Kaline	Carmelo Anthony	Mel Blount	Sandy Lyle	Bill Durnan	Jan Blachowicz	Ed “the Strangler” Lewis	José Manuel Moreno	Manuel Orantes
73	Roberto Clemente	Larry Nance	Joe Thomas	Lee Janzen	Joe Thornton	Mark Coleman	Abdullah the Butcher	Edinson Cavani	Miloslav Mečíř
74	Harmen Killebrew	Dennis Rodman	Brian Dawkins	David Graham	Doug Gilmour	Yoel Romero	Kerry Von Erich	Sergio Agüero	Marcelo Ríos
75	Ernie Banks	Elgin Baylor	Brian Urlacher	Jerry Pate	Ted Kennedy	Nick Diaz	Bray Wyatt	Samuel Eto’o	Budge Patty
76	Carl Hubbell	Ben Wallace	Ted Hendricks	Dave Stockton	Drew Doughty	BJ Penn	Batista	Gonzalo Higuaín	Tom Okker
77	Hal Newhouser	Elvin Hayes	Forrest Gregg	Paul Azinger	Tony Esposito	Tyron Woodley	Bobby Lashley	Alessandro Del Piero	Petr Korda
78	Mark McGwire	George Mikan	Larry Fitzgerald	Hal Sutton	Frank Mahovlich	Alexandre Pantoja	Gunther	Gerard Piqué	Tim Henman
79	Willie McCovey	Bob Pettit	OJ Simpson	Leo Diegel	Nels Stewart	Jiri Prochazka	Scott Steiner	George Best	William Larned
80	Tony Gwynn	Jayson Tatum	Earl Campbell	Jimmy Demaret	Elmer Lach	Luke Rockhold	The British Bulldog	Miroslav Klose	Tommy Haas
81	Rod Carew	Jaylen Brown	Otto Graham	Denny Shute	Henrik Lundqvist	Jacare Souza	Sgt. Slaughter	Pavel Nedvěd	Kei Nishikori
82	Sammy Sosa	Karl-Anthony Towns	Tony Gonzalez	Tony Jacklin	Sergei Bobrovsky	Stephen Thompson	Goldust	Daniel Passarella	Alex Corretja
83	Bob Feller	Domantas Sabonis	Julius Peppers	Colin Montgomerie	Pavel Datsyuk	Eddie Alvarez	MJF	Antoine Griezmann	Casper Ruud
84	Robin Roberts	Devin Booker	Mike Haynes	Luke Donald	Martin St. Louis	Rich Franklin	Sami Zayn	Gareth Bale	Marin Čilić
85	Ferguson Jenkins	Joe Dumars	Jason Taylor	Craig Wood	Eric Lindros	Rafael dos Anjos	RVD	Wayne Rooney	Anthony Wilding
86	Hank Greenberg	Wes Unseld	Josh Allen	Ralph Guldahl	Ron Francis	Patricio Pitbull	Rick Martel	Immobile	Richard Krajicek
87	Johnny Mize	Artis Gilmore	Myles Garrett	Ian Poulter	Billy Smith	Magomed Ankalaev	Rick Steiner	Peter Schmeichel	Guillermo Coria
88	Nap Lajoie	LaMarcus Aldridge	Troy Polamalu	Rickie Fowler	Luc Robitaille	Arman Tsarukyan	Jey Uso	Petr Čech	Nikolay Davydenko
89	Adrian Beltre	Amar’e Stoudemire	Jack Youngblood	Hideki Matsuyama	Roberto Luongo	Sean O’Malley	Arn Anderson	Marcel Desailly	Thomas Enqvist
90	Brooks Robinson	Chris Bosh	Kevin Greene	Matt Kuchar	Tim Thomas	Sean Strickland	Sabu	Zico	Milos Raonic
91	Rafael Palmeiro	Bob Cousy	Luke Kuechly	Tommy Fleetwood	Rod Langaway	Petr Yan	Ron Simmons	Oliver Kahn	Andrés Gimeno
92	Eddie Murray	Vince Carter	Dick “Night Train” Lane	Corey Pavin	Dickie Moore	Michael Chandler	Killer Kowalski	Paul Breitner	Andrés Gómez
93	Paul Molitor	Chris Mullin	Dick Butkus	Darren Clarke	Pavel Bure	Colby Covington	Road Warrior Hawk	Oleg Blokhin	Adriano Panatta
94	Freddie Freeman	Dennis Johnson	Sammy Baugh	Stewart Cink	Andy Bathgate	Tony Ferguson	Dynamite Kid	Gordon Banks	Andrei Medvedev
95	Pudge Rodriguez	Bradley Beal	Russell Wilson	Peter Thomson	Johnny Bower	Anthony Pettis	Terry Gordy	Kevin Keegan	Andrey Rublev
96	Dennis Eckersley	Mitch Richmond	Chuck Bednarik	Steve Stricker	Milt Schmidt	Benson Henderson	JBL	Fabio Cannavaro	Grigor Dimitrov
97	Joey Votto	Tim Hardaway	Joe Schmidt	Craig Stadler	Syl Apps	Robbie Lawler	The Crusher	Jean-Pierre Papin	Todd Martin
98	Ichiro	Tiny Archibald	Julio Jones	Andy North	Bill Cook	Rory MacDonald	Wahoo McDaniel	Raymond Kopa	Wayne Ferreira
99	Gary Carter	Sidney Moncrief	Antonio Brown	John Daly	Frank Nighbor	Frank Mir	Owen Hart	George Weah	Cédric Pioline
100	Edgar Martinez	Paul Arizin	Terry Bradshaw	David Toms	Charlie Conacher	Nate Marquardt	Gene Kiniski	Giacinto Fachetti	Robin Söderling

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Rank	Fighter
1	Amanda Nunes
2	Cris Cyborg
3	Valentina Shevchenko
4	Zhang Weili
5	Rose Namajunas
6	Joanna Jedrzejczyk
7	Carla Esparza
8	Ronda Rousey
9	Jessica Andrade
10	Cat Zingano
11	Kayla Harrison
12	Tatiana Suarez
13	Jessica Aguillar
14	Mega Megu
15	Claudia Gadelha
16	Germaine de Randamie
17	Julianna Pena
18	Holly Holm
19	Liz Carmouche
20	Alexis Davis
21	Sarah Kaufman
22	Miesha Tate
23	Marina Rodriguez
24	Jennifer Maia
25	Raquel Pennington

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Ranking	Wrestler
1	Charlotte Flair
2	Chyna
3	Trish Stratus
4	Lita
5	Becky Lynch
6	Ronda Rousey
7	Asuka
8	Bayley
9	Rhea Rhipley
10	Bianca Belair
11	Sasha Banks
12	Alexa Bliss
13	The Fabulous Moolah
14	Mildred Burke
15	Alundra Blayze
16	AJ Lee
17	Paige
18	Liv Morgan
19	Beth Phoenix
20	Nikki Bella
21	Wendi Richter
22	Iyo Sky
23	Mickie James
24	Naomi
25	Natalya