The 50 Greatest Athletes of All Time

Submitted by podizz on Wed, 10/15/2008 - 02:25
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  1. Michael Jordan
  2. Muhammad Ali
  3. Babe Ruth
  4. Wayne Gretzky
  5. Jesse Owens
  6. Hank Aaron
  7. Pele
  8. Jim Brown
  9. Joe Montana
  10. Willie Mays
  11. Jack Nicklaus
  12. Bill Russell
  13. Tiger Woods
  14. Joe Louis
  15. Wilt Chamberlain
  16. Lance Armstrong
  17. Bo Jackson
  18. Carl Louis
  19. Jim Thorpe
  20. Michael Phelps
  21. Jackie Robinson
  22. Ty Cobb
  23. Jackie Joyner-Kersee
  24. Joe Dimaggio
  25. Usain Bolt
  26. Larry Bird
  27. Magic Johnson
  28. Ted Williams
  29. Babe Didrikson
  30. Cy Young
  31. Sugar Ray Robinson
  32. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  33. Jerry Rice
  34. Arnold Palmer
  35. Sandy Koufax
  36. Lou Gehrig
  37. Bobby Orr
  38. Martina Navratilova
  39. Gordie Howe
  40. Johnny Unitas
  41. Oscar Robertson
  42. Walter Payton
  43. Micky Mantle
  44. Pete Sampras
  45. Mario Lemieux
  46. Satchel Paige
  47. Deion Sanders
  48. Alex Rodriguez
  49. Tom Brady
  50. Pete Rose
enigmazach11/24/2008

I really don't know anything about sports, but the list looks pretty darn good. The Top 10 looks accurate enough to me.

blindsider12/03/2008

Lennox Lewis?

podizz12/03/2008

no way...theres about 10 boxers thatd be on there before lennox

blindsider12/05/2008

I was reading this, trying to think of some one that you missed, and that was the only name I could think of. The list is pretty much exactly what is should be.

blindsider12/16/2008

By the way, it's Wayne Gretzky, with a Z.

blindsider12/17/2008

Mark Spitz, perhaps?

blindsider01/15/2009

Well, I've probably made too many suggestions as it is, but I have one more: I don't think Babe Ruth deserves to be a top 5. Aside from hitting home runs, he wasn't much of an athlete. Every picture I've seen of him, he had a beer-gut in. Not to under-estimate his accomplishments, because he is a legend, but as far as top 50 athletes I don't think he measures up. Just my opinion of course, but I felt it needed to be said.