Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/5/People/Sports figures

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=====European =====

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1. {{Icon|GA}} Roberto Baggio
2. {{Icon|GA}} Dennis Bergkamp
3. {{Icon|B}} Josef Bican
4. {{Icon|C}} Oleg Blokhin
5. {{Icon|C}} Eric Cantona
6. {{Icon|B}} John Charles
7. {{Icon|B}} Johan Cruyff (Level 4)
8. {{Icon|B}} Kenny Dalglish
9. {{Icon|C}} Dixie Dean
10. {{Icon|C}} Eusébio
11. {{Icon|Start}} Just Fontaine
12. {{Icon|C}} Ada Hegerberg
13. {{Icon|FA}} Thierry Henry
14. {{Icon|B}} Zlatan Ibrahimović
15. {{Icon|B}} Kevin Keegan
16. {{Icon|B}} Robert Lewandowski
17. {{Icon|C}} Gary Lineker
18. {{Icon|GA}} Stanley Matthews
19. {{Icon|C}} Giuseppe Meazza
20. {{Icon|GA}} Kylian Mbappé
21. {{Icon|B}} Gerd Müller
22. {{Icon|C}} Birgit Prinz
23. {{Icon|B}} Ferenc Puskás
24. {{Icon|B}} Cristiano Ronaldo (Level 4)
25. {{Icon|B}} Wayne Rooney
26. {{Icon|C}} Paolo Rossi
27. {{Icon|B}} Ian Rush
28. {{Icon|C}} György Sárosi
29. {{Icon|GA}} Alan Shearer
30. {{Icon|B}} Andriy Shevchenko
31. {{Icon|Start}} Hristo Stoichkov
32. {{Icon|C}} Davor Šuker
33. {{Icon|C}} Marco van Basten

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1. {{Icon|Start}} Paulino Alcántara
2. {{Icon|B}} Gabriel Batistuta
3. {{Icon|C}} Cha Bum-kun
4. {{Icon|B}} Ali Daei
5. {{Icon|B}} Alfredo Di Stéfano (Level 4)
6. {{Icon|GA}} Didier Drogba
7. {{Icon|B}} Samuel Eto'o
8. {{Icon|GA}} Mia Hamm (Level 4)
9. {{Icon|B}} Marta (footballer) (Level 4)
10. {{Icon|GA}} Sam Kerr
11. {{Icon|GA}} Lionel Messi (Level 4)
12. {{Icon|C}} Roger Milla
13. {{Icon|Start}} José Manuel Moreno
14. {{Icon|GA}} Alex Morgan
15. {{Icon|B}} Neymar
16. {{Icon|GA}} Pelé (Level 4)
17. {{Icon|B}} Romário
18. {{Icon|B}} Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer) (Level 4)
19. {{Icon|B}} Hugo Sánchez
20. {{Icon|GA}} Christine Sinclair
21. {{Icon|Start}} Alberto Spencer
22. {{Icon|Start}} Sun Wen (footballer)
23. {{Icon|GA}} Abby Wambach
24. {{Icon|B}} George Weah

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1. {{Icon|B}} Gareth Bale
2. {{Icon|B}} {{Icon|DGA}} David Beckham
3. {{Icon|B}} George Best
4. {{Icon|C}} Bobby Charlton
5. {{Icon|B}} Kevin De Bruyne
6. {{Icon|B}} Luís Figo
7. {{Icon|B}} Ryan Giggs
8. {{Icon|B}} Gheorghe Hagi
9. {{Icon|B}} Roy Keane
10. {{Icon|B}} Michael Laudrup
11. {{Icon|GA}} Carli Lloyd
12. {{Icon|C}} Dzsenifer Marozsán
13. {{Icon|C}} Lothar Matthäus
14. {{Icon|C}} Michel Platini
15. {{Icon|C}} Clarence Seedorf
16. {{Icon|C}} Luis Suárez (footballer, born 1935)
17. {{Icon|Start}} Fritz Walter
18. {{Icon|B}} Zinedine Zidane (Level 4)

=====Others =====

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1. {{Icon|C}} José Leandro Andrade
2. {{Icon|C}} Michelle Akers
3. {{Icon|C}} Teófilo Cubillas
4. {{Icon|Start}} Didi (footballer, born 1928)
5. {{Icon|B}} Landon Donovan
6. {{Icon|B}} Garrincha
7. {{Icon|B}} Diego Maradona (Level 4)
8. {{Icon|C}} Hidetoshi Nakata
9. {{Icon|Start}} Jay-Jay Okocha
10. {{Icon|Start}} Abedi Pele
11. {{Icon|GA}} Megan Rapinoe
12. {{Icon|B}} Ronaldinho
13. {{Icon|Start}} Homare Sawa
14. {{Icon|Start}} Juan Alberto Schiaffino
15. {{Icon|B}} Zico (footballer)

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1. {{Icon|B}} Franco Baresi
2. {{Icon|B}} Franz Beckenbauer (Level 4)
3. {{Icon|B}} Cafu
4. {{Icon|B}} Roberto Carlos
5. {{Icon|Start}} Elías Figueroa
6. {{Icon|B}} Ruud Gullit
7. {{Icon|B}} Paolo Maldini
8. {{Icon|B}} Bobby Moore
9. {{Icon|Start}} Carlos Alberto Torres

{{Vital article count|8}}

1. {{Icon|GA}} Gordon Banks
2. {{Icon|GA}} Gianluigi Buffon
3. {{Icon|B}} Iker Casillas
4. {{Icon|Start}} José Luis Chilavert
5. {{Icon|B}} Peter Schmeichel
6. {{Icon|GA}} Hope Solo
7. {{Icon|B}} Lev Yashin (Level 4)
8. {{Icon|C}} Dino Zoff

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1. {{Icon|B}} Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Level 4)
2. {{Icon|GA}} Wilt Chamberlain (Level 4)
3. {{Icon|C}} Joe Lapchick
4. {{Icon|GA}} George Mikan
5. {{Icon|FA}} Bill Russell

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1. {{Icon|B}} Rick Barry
2. {{Icon|C}} Elgin Baylor
3. {{Icon|Start}} Nat Clifton
4. {{Icon|C}} Julius Erving
5. {{Icon|C}} John Havlicek
6. {{Icon|C}} Elvin Hayes
7. {{Icon|C}} Jerry Lucas
8. {{Icon|C}} Bob Pettit

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1. {{Icon|GA}} Bob Cousy
2. {{Icon|C}} George Gervin
3. {{Icon|C}} Pete Maravich
4. {{Icon|C}} Wat Misaka
5. {{Icon|GA}} Oscar Robertson
6. {{Icon|GA}} Jerry West

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1. {{Icon|GA}} Moses Malone
2. {{Icon|B}} Shaquille O'Neal
3. {{Icon|GA}} Hakeem Olajuwon
4. {{Icon|B}} David Robinson

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1. {{Icon|GA}} Charles Barkley
2. {{Icon|B}} Larry Bird
3. {{Icon|B}} {{Icon|FFA}} Tim Duncan
4. {{Icon|GA}} Kevin Durant
5. {{Icon|B}} Kevin Garnett
6. {{Icon|GA}} LeBron James (Level 4)
7. {{Icon|B}} Karl Malone
8. {{Icon|GA}} Dennis Rodman

{{Vital article count|10}}

1. {{Icon|C}} Ray Allen
2. {{Icon|B}} Kobe Bryant
3. {{Icon|GA}} Stephen Curry
4. {{Icon|C}} Allen Iverson
5. {{Icon|FA}} Magic Johnson
6. {{Icon|FA}} Michael Jordan (Level 4)
7. {{Icon|B}} Jason Kidd
8. {{Icon|C}} John Stockton
9. {{Icon|C}} Isiah Thomas
10. {{Icon|GA}} Dwyane Wade

{{Vital article count|13}}

1. {{Icon|B}} Giannis Antetokounmpo
2. {{Icon|Start}} Sergei Belov
3. {{Icon|C}} Ramon Fernandez
4. {{Icon|GA}} Pau Gasol
5. {{Icon|C}} Andrew Gaze
6. {{Icon|GA}} Manu Ginóbili
7. {{Icon|B}} Nikola Jokić
8. {{Icon|GA}} Steve Nash
9. {{Icon|GA}} Dirk Nowitzki
10. {{Icon|B}} Dražen Petrović
11. {{Icon|C}} Arvydas Sabonis
12. {{Icon|Start}} Oscar Schmidt
13. {{Icon|FA}} Yao Ming

{{Vital article count|10}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Tamika Catchings
2. {{Icon|B}} Sue Bird
3. {{Icon|GA}} Lauren Jackson
4. {{Icon|C}} Lisa Leslie
5. {{Icon|C}} Ann Meyers
6. {{Icon|Start}} Uljana Semjonova
7. {{Icon|B}} Dawn Staley
8. {{Icon|B}} Breanna Stewart
9. {{Icon|B}} Sheryl Swoopes
10. {{Icon|C}} Diana Taurasi

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1. {{Icon|C}} Yogi Berra
2. {{Icon|C}} Josh Gibson

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1. {{Icon|B}} Cap Anson
2. {{Icon|GA}} Jimmie Foxx
3. {{Icon|B}} Lou Gehrig
4. {{Icon|FA}} Rogers Hornsby
5. {{Icon|FA}} Derek Jeter
6. {{Icon|GA}} Nap Lajoie
7. {{Icon|B}} Mark McGwire
8. {{Icon|GA}} {{Icon|FFAC}} Cal Ripken Jr.
9. {{Icon|FA}} Jackie Robinson (Level 4)
10. {{Icon|B}} Alex Rodriguez
11. {{Icon|B}} Honus Wagner

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1. {{Icon|C}} Sadaharu Oh (Level 4)

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1. {{Icon|B}} Hank Aaron (Level 4)
2. {{Icon|B}} {{Icon|DGA}} Barry Bonds
3. {{Icon|B}} {{Icon|DGA}} Ty Cobb
4. {{Icon|C}} Joe DiMaggio
5. {{Icon|C}} Ken Griffey Jr.
6. {{Icon|GA}} Rickey Henderson
7. {{Icon|B}} Shoeless Joe Jackson
8. {{Icon|GA}} Mickey Mantle
9. {{Icon|C}} Roger Maris
10. {{Icon|GA}} Willie Mays
11. {{Icon|FA}} Stan Musial
12. {{Icon|B}} Pete Rose
13. {{Icon|FA}} Babe Ruth (Level 4)
14. {{Icon|B}} Ted Williams

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1. {{Icon|B}} {{Icon|DGA}} Roberto Clemente
2. {{Icon|B}} Shohei Ohtani
3. {{Icon|B}} Ichiro Suzuki

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{{Vital article count|14}}

1. {{Icon|C}} Grover Cleveland Alexander
2. {{Icon|B}} Roger Clemens
3. {{Icon|GA}} Bob Gibson
4. {{Icon|B}} Randy Johnson
5. {{Icon|C}} Walter Johnson
6. {{Icon|GA}} Clayton Kershaw
7. {{Icon|FA}} Sandy Koufax
8. {{Icon|B}} Greg Maddux
9. {{Icon|C}} Christy Mathewson
10. {{Icon|B}} Satchel Paige
11. {{Icon|C}} Nolan Ryan
12. {{Icon|C}} Tom Seaver
13. {{Icon|C}} Warren Spahn
14. {{Icon|GA}} Cy Young

{{Vital article count|3}}

1. {{Icon|B}} Pedro Martínez
2. {{Icon|C}} Hideo Nomo
3. {{Icon|FA}} Mariano Rivera

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1. {{Icon|B}} Allan Border
2. {{Icon|FA}} Don Bradman (Level 4)
3. {{Icon|B}} AB de Villiers
4. {{Icon|C}} Rahul Dravid
5. {{Icon|Start}} Sunil Gavaskar
6. {{Icon|C}} Chris Gayle
7. {{Icon|FA}} Wally Hammond
8. {{Icon|FA}} George Headley
9. {{Icon|FA}} Jack Hobbs
10. {{Icon|FA}} Len Hutton
11. {{Icon|FA}} Douglas Jardine
12. {{Icon|B}} Younis Khan
13. {{Icon|B}} {{Icon|DGA}} Virat Kohli
14. {{Icon|C}} Brian Lara
15. {{Icon|B}} Graeme Pollock
16. {{Icon|B}} Ricky Ponting
17. {{Icon|B}} Ranjitsinhji
18. {{Icon|B}} Viv Richards (Level 4)
19. {{Icon|B}} Bob Simpson (cricketer)
20. {{Icon|GA}} Steve Smith (cricketer)
21. {{Icon|B}} Herbert Sutcliffe
22. {{Icon|C}} Sachin Tendulkar (Level 4)
23. {{Icon|Start}} Victor Trumper
24. {{Icon|Start}} Frank Worrell
25. {{Icon|B}} Steve Waugh

{{Vital article count|16}}

1. {{Icon|B}} Wasim Akram
2. {{Icon|GA}} Curtly Ambrose
3. {{Icon|C}} James Anderson (cricketer)
4. {{Icon|C}} Sydney Barnes
5. {{Icon|Start}} Joel Garner
6. {{Icon|Start}} Clarrie Grimmett
7. {{Icon|Start}} Michael Holding
8. {{Icon|C}} Dennis Lillee
9. {{Icon|B}} Malcolm Marshall
10. {{Icon|Start}} Glenn McGrath
11. {{Icon|B}} Muttiah Muralitharan
12. {{Icon|FA}} Bill O'Reilly (cricketer)
13. {{Icon|B}} Fred Spofforth
14. {{Icon|B}} Dale Steyn
15. {{Icon|C}} Fred Trueman
16. {{Icon|B}} Shane Warne

=====Wicket-keepers =====

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1. {{Icon|Start}} Jack Blackham
2. {{Icon|GA}} MS Dhoni
3. {{Icon|FA}} Adam Gilchrist
4. {{Icon|C}} Alan Knott
5. {{Icon|Start}} Kumar Sangakkara

=====All-rounders =====

{{Vital article count|8}}

1. {{Icon|B}} Ian Botham
2. {{Icon|B}} Kapil Dev
3. {{Icon|B}} W. G. Grace (Level 4)
4. {{Icon|C}} Richard Hadlee
5. {{Icon|C}} Jacques Kallis
6. {{Icon|B}} {{Icon|DGA}} Keith Miller
7. {{Icon|C}} {{Icon|DGA}} Shakib Al Hasan
8. {{Icon|C}} Garfield Sobers (Level 4)

{{Vital article count|5}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Enid Bakewell
2. {{Icon|C}} Belinda Clark
3. {{Icon|Start}} Jhulan Goswami
4. {{Icon|B}} Ellyse Perry
5. {{Icon|C}} Mithali Raj

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1. {{Icon|C}} Hilary Knight
2. {{Icon|C}} Caroline Ouellette

{{Vital article count|13}}

1. {{Icon|B}} Jean Béliveau
2. {{Icon|B}} Bobby Clarke
3. {{Icon|GA}} Sidney Crosby
4. {{Icon|B}} Phil Esposito
5. {{Icon|FA}} Wayne Gretzky (Level 4)
6. {{Icon|GA}} Angela James
7. {{Icon|B}} Mario Lemieux
8. {{Icon|B}} Mark Messier
9. {{Icon|FA}} Howie Morenz
10. {{Icon|FA}} Joe Sakic
11. {{Icon|C}} Peter Šťastný
12. {{Icon|B}} Hayley Wickenheiser
13. {{Icon|B}} Steve Yzerman

{{Vital article count|15}}

1. {{Icon|FA}} Hobey Baker
2. {{Icon|B}} Mike Bossy
3. {{Icon|C}} Cammi Granato
4. {{Icon|C}} Jayna Hefford
5. {{Icon|B}} Gordie Howe (Level 4)
6. {{Icon|B}} Bobby Hull
7. {{Icon|GA}} Brett Hull
8. {{Icon|B}} Jaromír Jágr
9. {{Icon|B}} Valeri Kharlamov
10. {{Icon|B}} Guy Lafleur
11. {{Icon|Start}} Sergei Makarov (ice hockey, born 1958)
12. {{Icon|Start}} Sergei Mozyakin
13. {{Icon|B}} Willie O'Ree
14. {{Icon|B}} Alexander Ovechkin
15. {{Icon|FA}} Maurice Richard

{{Vital article count|10}}

1. {{Icon|B}} Ray Bourque
2. {{Icon|C}} Viacheslav Fetisov
3. {{Icon|B}} Doug Harvey (ice hockey)
4. {{Icon|B}} Geraldine Heaney
5. {{Icon|C}} Tim Horton
6. {{Icon|B}} Nicklas Lidström
7. {{Icon|GA}} Bobby Orr
8. {{Icon|C}} Börje Salming
9. {{Icon|C}} Eddie Shore
10. {{Icon|FA}} Cyclone Taylor

{{Vital article count|6}}

1. {{Icon|FA}} Martin Brodeur
2. {{Icon|FA}} Dominik Hašek
3. {{Icon|FA}} Jacques Plante
4. {{Icon|B}} Patrick Roy
5. {{Icon|C}} Terry Sawchuk
6. {{Icon|C}} Vladislav Tretiak

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{{Vital article count|13}}

1. {{Icon|B}} Sammy Baugh
2. {{Icon|C}} {{Icon|DGA}} Terry Bradshaw
3. {{Icon|B}} {{Icon|DGA}} Tom Brady (Level 4)
4. {{Icon|B}} John Elway
5. {{Icon|B}} {{Icon|DGA}} Brett Favre
6. {{Icon|FA}} Otto Graham
7. {{Icon|B}} Patrick Mahomes
8. {{Icon|GA}} Peyton Manning
9. {{Icon|B}} Dan Marino
10. {{Icon|B}} Joe Montana
11. {{Icon|B}} Bart Starr
12. {{Icon|B}} Johnny Unitas
13. {{Icon|B}} Kurt Warner

{{Vital article count|8}}

1. {{Icon|B}} Jim Brown (Level 4)
2. {{Icon|B}} Red Grange
3. {{Icon|C}} Bronko Nagurski
4. {{Icon|GA}} Walter Payton
5. {{Icon|GA}} Barry Sanders
6. {{Icon|GA}} Gale Sayers
7. {{Icon|B}} O. J. Simpson
8. {{Icon|B}} Emmitt Smith

{{Vital article count|2}}

1. {{Icon|GA}} Don Hutson
2. {{Icon|GA}} Jerry Rice

{{Vital article count|7}}

1. {{Icon|GA}} Joe Greene
2. {{Icon|C}} Pudge Heffelfinger
3. {{Icon|C}} Deacon Jones
4. {{Icon|C}} Gino Marchetti
5. {{Icon|C}} Anthony Muñoz
6. {{Icon|C}} Merlin Olsen
7. {{Icon|C}} Reggie White

{{Vital article count|7}}

1. {{Icon|GA}} Dick Butkus
2. {{Icon|B}} Night Train Lane
3. {{Icon|B}} Ray Lewis
4. {{Icon|C}} Ronnie Lott
5. {{Icon|B}} Ed Reed
6. {{Icon|C}} Deion Sanders
7. {{Icon|GA}} Lawrence Taylor

{{Vital article count|1}}

1. {{Icon|C}} George Blanda

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{{Vital article count|4}}

1. {{Icon|B}} Gary Ablett Sr.
2. {{Icon|B}} Ron Barassi
3. {{Icon|B}} Gordon Coventry
4. {{Icon|Start}} Leigh Matthews

{{Vital article count|1}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Mariano Juaristi

{{Vital article count|7}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Luciana Aymar (Level 4)
2. {{Icon|C}} Dhyan Chand (Level 4)
3. {{Icon|C}} Jamie Dwyer
4. {{Icon|Start}} Rechelle Hawkes
5. {{Icon|Start}} Teun de Nooijer
6. {{Icon|Start}} Dhanraj Pillay
7. {{Icon|C}} Balbir Singh Sr.

{{Vital article count|1}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Falcão (futsal player)

{{Vital article count|2}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Christy Ring
2. {{Icon|B}} Henry Shefflin

{{Vital article count|5}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Anja Andersen
2. {{Icon|C}} Ivano Balić
3. {{Icon|Start}} Nikola Karabatić
4. {{Icon|Stub}} Andrey Lavrov
5. {{Icon|Start}} Thierry Omeyer

{{Vital article count|1}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Rakesh Kumar (kabaddi)

{{Vital article count|1}}

1. {{Icon|C}} Gary Gait

{{Vital article count|1}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Irene van Dyk

{{Vital article count|2}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Lisa Fernandez
2. {{Icon|C}} Jennie Finch

{{Vital article count|6}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Giba
2. {{Icon|C}} Kerri Walsh Jennings
3. {{Icon|Start}} Karch Kiraly
4. {{Icon|Start}} Lang Ping
5. {{Icon|C}} Misty May-Treanor
6. {{Icon|Start}} Regla Torres

{{Vital article count|6}}

1. {{Icon|C}} Manuel Estiarte
2. {{Icon|Start}} Filip Filipović (water polo)
3. {{Icon|C}} Dezső Gyarmati
4. {{Icon|C}} Paul Radmilovic
5. {{Icon|Start}} Brenda Villa
6. {{Icon|Start}} Debbie Watson (water polo)

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1. {{Icon|B}} Andre Agassi
2. {{Icon|B}} Arthur Ashe
3. {{Icon|C}} Boris Becker
4. {{Icon|B}} Björn Borg
5. {{Icon|C}} Bryan brothers
6. {{Icon|B}} Don Budge
7. {{Icon|C}} Maria Bueno
8. {{Icon|FA}} Kim Clijsters
9. {{Icon|C}} Maureen Connolly
10. {{Icon|C}} Jimmy Connors
11. {{Icon|B}} Margaret Court (Level 4)
12. {{Icon|B}} Novak Djokovic (Level 4)
13. {{Icon|C}} Stefan Edberg
14. {{Icon|C}} Roy Emerson
15. {{Icon|C}} Chris Evert
16. {{Icon|GA}} Roger Federer (Level 4)
17. {{Icon|GA}} Althea Gibson
18. {{Icon|B}} Pancho Gonzales
19. {{Icon|C}} Evonne Goolagong Cawley
20. {{Icon|B}} Steffi Graf (Level 4)
21. {{Icon|B}} Justine Henin
22. {{Icon|B}} Martina Hingis
23. {{Icon|B}} Billie Jean King
24. {{Icon|B}} Jack Kramer
25. {{Icon|C}} Shingo Kunieda
26. {{Icon|C}} René Lacoste
27. {{Icon|B}} Rod Laver (Level 4)
28. {{Icon|C}} Ivan Lendl
29. {{Icon|FA}} Suzanne Lenglen (Level 4)
30. {{Icon|B}} Li Na
31. {{Icon|B}} John McEnroe
32. {{Icon|B}} {{Icon|DGA}} Andy Murray
33. {{Icon|B}} Rafael Nadal (Level 4)
34. {{Icon|B}} Martina Navratilova (Level 4)
35. {{Icon|Start}} John Newcombe
36. {{Icon|B}} Fred Perry
37. {{Icon|Start}} William Renshaw
38. {{Icon|C}} Renée Richards
39. {{Icon|B}} Ken Rosewall
40. {{Icon|B}} Pete Sampras
41. {{Icon|Start}} Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
42. {{Icon|Start}} Richard Sears (tennis)
43. {{Icon|B}} Monica Seles
44. {{Icon|B}} {{Icon|DGA}} Maria Sharapova
45. {{Icon|B}} Bill Tilden
46. {{Icon|C}} Esther Vergeer
47. {{Icon|C}} Guillermo Vilas
48. {{Icon|C}} Mats Wilander
49. {{Icon|B}} Serena Williams (Level 4)
50. {{Icon|B}} Venus Williams
51. {{Icon|B}} Helen Wills

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1. {{Icon|B}} Seve Ballesteros
2. {{Icon|C}} Patty Berg
3. {{Icon|B}} Ernie Els
4. {{Icon|B}} Nick Faldo
5. {{Icon|C}} Walter Hagen
6. {{Icon|B}} Ben Hogan
7. {{Icon|B}} Bobby Jones (golfer)
8. {{Icon|B}} Rory McIlroy
9. {{Icon|B}} Phil Mickelson
10. {{Icon|C}} Old Tom Morris
11. {{Icon|C}} Young Tom Morris
12. {{Icon|B}} {{Icon|DGA}} Jack Nicklaus (Level 4)
13. {{Icon|B}} {{Icon|DGA}} Byron Nelson
14. {{Icon|B}} Greg Norman
15. {{Icon|B}} Lorena Ochoa
16. {{Icon|Start}} Pak Se-ri
17. {{Icon|B}} Arnold Palmer
18. {{Icon|C}} Inbee Park
19. {{Icon|C}} Willie Park Sr.
20. {{Icon|B}} Gary Player
21. {{Icon|C}} Gene Sarazen
22. {{Icon|Start}} Patty Sheehan
23. {{Icon|B}} Sam Snead
24. {{Icon|GA}} {{Icon|A}} Annika Sörenstam
25. {{Icon|C}} Payne Stewart
26. {{Icon|C}} Louise Suggs
27. {{Icon|C}} John Henry Taylor
28. {{Icon|Start}} Lee Trevino
29. {{Icon|B}} Harry Vardon
30. {{Icon|B}} Tom Watson (golfer)
31. {{Icon|B}} Karrie Webb
32. {{Icon|C}} Kathy Whitworth
33. {{Icon|B}} {{Icon|DGA}} Tiger Woods (Level 4)
34. {{Icon|C}} Mickey Wright

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1. {{Icon|GA}} Abebe Bikila
2. {{Icon|C}} Harold Abrahams
3. {{Icon|C}} Valerie Adams
4. {{Icon|Start}} Chioma Ajunwa
5. {{Icon|Start}} Almaz Ayana
6. {{Icon|C}} Roger Bannister
7. {{Icon|Start}} Randy Barnes
8. {{Icon|Start}} Bob Beamon
9. {{Icon|C}} {{Icon|FFA}} Fanny Blankers-Koen (Level 4)
10. {{Icon|GA}} Usain Bolt (Level 4)
11. {{Icon|C}} Alistair Brownlee
12. {{Icon|C}} Sergey Bubka (Level 4)
13. {{Icon|Stub}} Galina Chistyakova
14. {{Icon|C}} Sebastian Coe
15. {{Icon|Start}} Mary Decker
16. {{Icon|C}} Heike Drechsler
17. {{Icon|B}} Armand Duplantis
18. {{Icon|C}} Ashton Eaton
19. {{Icon|C}} Jonathan Edwards (triple jumper)
20. {{Icon|C}} Hicham El Guerrouj (Level 4)
21. {{Icon|C}} Jessica Ennis-Hill
22. {{Icon|C}} Mo Farah
23. {{Icon|C}} Allyson Felix
24. {{Icon|C}} Dick Fosbury
25. {{Icon|GA}} Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
26. {{Icon|C}} Cathy Freeman
27. {{Icon|C}} Genzebe Dibaba
28. {{Icon|B}} Florence Griffith Joyner (Level 4)
29. {{Icon|C}} Haile Gebrselassie (Level 4)
30. {{Icon|Start}} Armin Hary
31. {{Icon|C}} Yelena Isinbayeva
32. {{Icon|GA}} Caitlyn Jenner
33. {{Icon|C}} Michael Johnson (sprinter)
34. {{Icon|Start}} Rafer Johnson
35. {{Icon|C}} Marion Jones
36. {{Icon|C}} Jackie Joyner-Kersee (Level 4)
37. {{Icon|Start}} Kipchoge Keino
38. {{Icon|C}} Mary Jepkosgei Keitany
39. {{Icon|C}} Ezekiel Kemboi
40. {{Icon|C}} Kenenisa Bekele
41. {{Icon|C}} Eliud Kipchoge
42. {{Icon|Start}} Robert Korzeniowski
43. {{Icon|Start}} Stefka Kostadinova
44. {{Icon|Start}} Jarmila Kratochvílová
45. {{Icon|Start}} Inessa Kravets
46. {{Icon|C}} {{Icon|DGA}} Carl Lewis (Level 4)
47. {{Icon|Stub}} Natalya Lisovskaya
48. {{Icon|C}} Liu Xiang (hurdler)
49. {{Icon|Start}} Bob Mathias
50. {{Icon|Start}} Bobby Morrow
51. {{Icon|C}} Edwin Moses (Level 4)
52. {{Icon|C}} Wayde van Niekerk
53. {{Icon|Start}} Simone Niggli-Luder
54. {{Icon|GA}} Paavo Nurmi (Level 4)
55. {{Icon|Start}} Al Oerter
56. {{Icon|C}} Merlene Ottey
57. {{Icon|C}} Jesse Owens (Level 4)
58. {{Icon|C}} Sally Pearson
59. {{Icon|C}} Marie-José Pérec
60. {{Icon|B}} Sandra Elkasević
61. {{Icon|GA}} Oscar Pistorius
62. {{Icon|Start}} Mike Powell (long jumper)
63. {{Icon|B}} Paula Radcliffe
64. {{Icon|Start}} Betty Robinson
65. {{Icon|C}} Bobbie Rosenfeld
66. {{Icon|B}} David Rudisha
67. {{Icon|C}} Wilma Rudolph (Level 4)
68. {{Icon|C}} Viktor Saneyev
69. {{Icon|Start}} Jürgen Schult
70. {{Icon|Start}} Dave Scott (triathlete)
71. {{Icon|Start}} Yuriy Sedykh
72. {{Icon|C}} Caster Semenya
73. {{Icon|C}} Saif Saaeed Shaheen
74. {{Icon|C}} Javier Sotomayor
75. {{Icon|Start}} Emma Snowsill
76. {{Icon|Start}} Barbora Špotáková
77. {{Icon|C}} Shirley Strickland
78. {{Icon|Start}} Yusuke Suzuki (race walker)
79. {{Icon|C}} Irena Szewińska
80. {{Icon|Start}} Daley Thompson
81. {{Icon|B}} Tirunesh Dibaba
82. {{Icon|Start}} Wyomia Tyus
83. {{Icon|Start}} Lasse Virén
84. {{Icon|Start}} Samuel Wanjiru
85. {{Icon|C}} Anita Włodarczyk
86. {{Icon|C}} Kevin Young (hurdler)
87. {{Icon|C}} Emil Zátopek
88. {{Icon|Start}} Jan Železný

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{{Vital article count|30}}

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1. {{Icon|C}} Shizuka Arakawa
2. {{Icon|C}} Dick Button
3. {{Icon|GA}} Nathan Chen
4. {{Icon|Start}} Cecilia Colledge
5. {{Icon|Start}} Robin Cousins
6. {{Icon|Start}} Peggy Fleming
7. {{Icon|Start}} Gillis Grafström
8. {{Icon|Start}} Jackson Haines
9. {{Icon|C}} Dorothy Hamill
10. {{Icon|C}} Scott Hamilton (figure skater)
11. {{Icon|GA}} Yuzuru Hanyu (Level 4)
12. {{Icon|C}} Sonja Henie (Level 4)
13. {{Icon|A}} Yuna Kim
14. {{Icon|Start}} Ilia Kulik
15. {{Icon|B}} {{Icon|DGA}} Michelle Kwan
16. {{Icon|FA}} Tara Lipinski
17. {{Icon|C}} Scott Moir
18. {{Icon|Start}} Axel Paulsen
19. {{Icon|Start}} Evgeni Plushenko
20. {{Icon|B}} Irina Rodnina
21. {{Icon|Start}} Ulrich Salchow
22. {{Icon|Start}} Karl Schäfer (figure skater)
23. {{Icon|C}} Barbara Ann Scott
24. {{Icon|B}} Irina Slutskaya
25. {{Icon|GA}} Madge Syers
26. {{Icon|B}} Tessa Virtue
27. {{Icon|Start}} Katarina Witt
28. {{Icon|Start}} Alexei Yagudin
29. {{Icon|C}} Kristi Yamaguchi
30. {{Icon|Start}} Alexander Zaitsev (pair skater)

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{{Vital article count|85}}

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{{Vital article count|8}}

1. {{Icon|C}} Hélio Gracie
2. {{Icon|B}} Bruce Lee
3. {{Icon|Start}} Manuel dos Reis Machado
4. {{Icon|C}} Ip Man
5. {{Icon|Start}} Samart Payakaroon
6. {{Icon|Start}} Hadi Saei
7. {{Icon|FA}} Morihei Ueshiba
8. {{Icon|Start}} Wong Fei-hung

{{Vital article count|40}}

1. {{Icon|C}} Laila Ali
2. {{Icon|B}} Muhammad Ali (Level 4)
3. {{Icon|C}} Henry Armstrong
4. {{Icon|Start}} Cecilia Brækhus
5. {{Icon|Start}} Tommy Burns (Canadian boxer)
6. {{Icon|C}} Julio César Chávez
7. {{Icon|C}} James J. Corbett
8. {{Icon|B}} Oscar De La Hoya
9. {{Icon|B}} Jack Dempsey
10. {{Icon|B}} Roberto Durán
11. {{Icon|B}} Bob Fitzsimmons
12. {{Icon|B}} George Foreman
13. {{Icon|B}} Joe Frazier
14. {{Icon|C}} Harry Greb
15. {{Icon|B}} Marvelous Marvin Hagler
16. {{Icon|Start}} Thomas Hearns
17. {{Icon|C}} Holly Holm
18. {{Icon|B}} Evander Holyfield
19. {{Icon|B}} Bernard Hopkins
20. {{Icon|B}} Jack Johnson (boxer)
21. {{Icon|B}} Vitali Klitschko
22. {{Icon|B}} Wladimir Klitschko
23. {{Icon|B}} Sugar Ray Leonard
24. {{Icon|B}} Joe Louis (Level 4)
25. {{Icon|B}} Rocky Marciano
26. {{Icon|B}} {{Icon|DGA}} Floyd Mayweather Jr.
27. {{Icon|Start}} Carlos Monzón
28. {{Icon|C}} Archie Moore
29. {{Icon|B}} Manny Pacquiao
30. {{Icon|Start}} László Papp
31. {{Icon|C}} Willie Pep
32. {{Icon|GA}} Sugar Ray Robinson (Level 4)
33. {{Icon|Start}} Félix Savón
34. {{Icon|B}} Max Schmeling
35. {{Icon|C}} Teófilo Stevenson
36. {{Icon|Start}} Gene Tunney
37. {{Icon|B}} {{Icon|DGA}} Mike Tyson

{{Vital article count|3}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Jem Mace
2. {{Icon|B}} Daniel Mendoza
3. {{Icon|B}} John L. Sullivan

{{Vital article count|4}}

1. {{Icon|GA}} Kanō Jigorō (Level 4)
2. {{Icon|C}} Masahiko Kimura
3. {{Icon|C}} Gene LeBell
4. {{Icon|Start}} Ryoko Tani

{{Vital article count|5}}

1. {{Icon|C}} Gichin Funakoshi
2. {{Icon|B}} Andy Hug
3. {{Icon|C}} Joe Lewis (martial artist)
4. {{Icon|C}} Mas Oyama
5. {{Icon|C}} Chōjun Miyagi

{{Vital article count|13}}

1. {{Icon|B}} Randy Couture
2. {{Icon|B}} Fedor Emelianenko
3. {{Icon|C}} Royce Gracie
4. {{Icon|C}} Demetrious Johnson
5. {{Icon|B}} Jon Jones
6. {{Icon|B}} Conor McGregor
7. {{Icon|B}} Amanda Nunes
8. {{Icon|C}} Khabib Nurmagomedov
9. {{Icon|C}} Tito Ortiz
10. {{Icon|B}} B.J. Penn
11. {{Icon|B}} Ronda Rousey
12. {{Icon|C}} Anderson Silva
13. {{Icon|B}} Georges St-Pierre

{{Vital article count|5}}

1. {{Icon|GA}} Asashōryū Akinori
2. {{Icon|B}} Futabayama Sadaji
3. {{Icon|C}} Hakuhō Shō
4. {{Icon|B}} Taihō Kōki
5. {{Icon|Start}} Tanikaze Kajinosuke

{{Vital article count|10}}

1. {{Icon|B}} {{Icon|DGA}} Kurt Angle
2. {{Icon|Start}} Dan Gable
3. {{Icon|C}} George Hackenschmidt
4. {{Icon|Stub}} Kaori Icho
5. {{Icon|C}} Aleksandr Karelin (Level 4)
6. {{Icon|Start}} Aleksandr Medved
7. {{Icon|Start}} Kristjan Palusalu
8. {{Icon|Start}} Buvaisar Saitiev
9. {{Icon|Start}} Saori Yoshida
10. {{Icon|Start}} Ivan Yarygin

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{{Vital article count|21}}

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1. {{Icon|B}} Jacques Anquetil
2. {{Icon|B}} {{Icon|DGA}} Lance Armstrong
3. {{Icon|Start}} Rachel Atherton
4. {{Icon|C}} Gino Bartali
5. {{Icon|Start}} Alfredo Binda
6. {{Icon|Start}} Anne-Caroline Chausson
7. {{Icon|Start}} Fausto Coppi
8. {{Icon|B}} Chris Froome
9. {{Icon|B}} Maurice Garin
10. {{Icon|FA}} Bernard Hinault
11. {{Icon|B}} Chris Hoy
12. {{Icon|C}} Miguel Induráin
13. {{Icon|C}} Laura Kenny
14. {{Icon|GA}} Greg LeMond
15. {{Icon|GA}} Eddy Merckx (Level 4)
16. {{Icon|Start}} Leontien van Moorsel
17. {{Icon|Start}} Lucien Petit-Breton
18. {{Icon|B}} Tadej Pogačar
19. {{Icon|C}} Bernard Thévenet
20. {{Icon|Start}} Nicolas Vouilloz
21. {{Icon|GA}} Bradley Wiggins

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{{Vital article count|26}}

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{{Vital article count|17}}

1. {{Icon|B}} Simone Biles (Level 4)
2. {{Icon|C}} Věra Čáslavská
3. {{Icon|B}} Nadia Comăneci (Level 4)
4. {{Icon|GA}} Gabby Douglas
5. {{Icon|Start}} He Kexin
6. {{Icon|C}} Olga Korbut
7. {{Icon|C}} Larisa Latynina (Level 4)
8. {{Icon|B}} {{Icon|DGA}} Nastia Liukin
9. {{Icon|C}} Shannon Miller
10. {{Icon|B}} Aliya Mustafina
11. {{Icon|Start}} Carly Patterson
12. {{Icon|C}} Lilia Podkopayeva
13. {{Icon|GA}} Aly Raisman
14. {{Icon|C}} Mary Lou Retton
15. {{Icon|Start}} Yelena Shushunova
16. {{Icon|Start}} Ludmilla Tourischeva
17. {{Icon|B}} Elena Zamolodchikova

{{Vital article count|9}}

1. {{Icon|C}} Nikolai Andrianov
2. {{Icon|B}} Paul Hamm
3. {{Icon|Start}} Sawao Katō
4. {{Icon|Start}} Li Ning
5. {{Icon|C}} Alexei Nemov
6. {{Icon|Stub}} Takashi Ono (gymnast)
7. {{Icon|Start}} Vitaly Scherbo
8. {{Icon|Start}} Boris Shakhlin
9. {{Icon|B}} Kōhei Uchimura

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{{Vital article count|40}}

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1. {{Icon|C}} Giacomo Agostini
2. {{Icon|GA}} Mario Andretti
3. {{Icon|C}} Michael Andretti
4. {{Icon|Start}} Alberto Ascari
5. {{Icon|B}} Jack Brabham
6. {{Icon|B}} Peter Brock
7. {{Icon|C}} Donald Campbell
8. {{Icon|Start}} Guido Cappellini
9. {{Icon|B}} Jim Clark
10. {{Icon|C}} Joey Dunlop
11. {{Icon|B}} Dale Earnhardt
12. {{Icon|B}} Juan Manuel Fangio (Level 4)
13. {{Icon|B}} A. J. Foyt
14. {{Icon|B}} Jeff Gordon
15. {{Icon|B}} Dan Gurney
16. {{Icon|GA}} Lewis Hamilton
17. {{Icon|B}} Graham Hill
18. {{Icon|B}} James Hunt
19. {{Icon|C}} Junior Johnson
20. {{Icon|B}} Jimmie Johnson
21. {{Icon|C}} Eliška Junková
22. {{Icon|C}} Niki Lauda
23. {{Icon|B}} Sébastien Loeb
24. {{Icon|C}} Bruce McLaren
25. {{Icon|B}} Colin McRae
26. {{Icon|B}} Stirling Moss
27. {{Icon|C}} Barney Oldfield
28. {{Icon|GA}} Danica Patrick
29. {{Icon|C}} Richard Petty
30. {{Icon|C}} {{Icon|FFA}} Alain Prost
31. {{Icon|C}} Valentino Rossi
32. {{Icon|GA}} Michael Schumacher (Level 4)
33. {{Icon|B}} Ayrton Senna (Level 4)
34. {{Icon|B}} Jackie Stewart
35. {{Icon|Start}} Kunimitsu Takahashi
36. {{Icon|Start}} Keiichi Tsuchiya
37. {{Icon|C}} Sebastian Vettel
38. {{Icon|B}} Darrell Waltrip
39. {{Icon|B}} Jamie Whincup
40. {{Icon|B}} Cale Yarborough

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{{Vital article count|18}}

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1. {{Icon|C}} Florence Chadwick
2. {{Icon|Start}} Natalie Coughlin
3. {{Icon|Stub}} Anastasia Davydova
4. {{Icon|C}} Gertrude Ederle
5. {{Icon|B}} Krisztina Egerszegi
6. {{Icon|C}} Dawn Fraser
7. {{Icon|Start}} Grant Hackett
8. {{Icon|B}} Katie Ledecky
9. {{Icon|B}} {{Icon|DGA}} Ryan Lochte
10. {{Icon|Start}} Roland Matthes
11. {{Icon|GA}} Michael Phelps (Level 4)
12. {{Icon|Start}} Lewis Pugh
13. {{Icon|B}} Mark Spitz (Level 4)
14. {{Icon|Start}} Jenny Thompson
15. {{Icon|FA}} Ian Thorpe
16. {{Icon|GA}} Matthew Webb
17. {{Icon|B}} Johnny Weissmuller (Level 4)
18. {{Icon|B}} Esther Williams

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{{Vital article count|21}}

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{{Vital article count|6}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Arthur Beetson
2. {{Icon|C}} Reg Gasnier
3. {{Icon|C}} Andrew Johns
4. {{Icon|C}} Wally Lewis
5. {{Icon|C}} Darren Lockyer
6. {{Icon|B}} Dally Messenger

{{Vital article count|15}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Serge Blanco
2. {{Icon|B}} David Campese
3. {{Icon|B}} Dan Carter
4. {{Icon|C}} Sébastien Chabal
5. {{Icon|B}} Danie Craven
6. {{Icon|C}} Gareth Edwards (rugby union)
7. {{Icon|Start}} Daisuke Ohata
8. {{Icon|B}} Martin Johnson (rugby union)
9. {{Icon|B}} {{Icon|DGA}} Jonah Lomu (Level 4)
10. {{Icon|GA}} Richie McCaw
11. {{Icon|B}} Colin Meads
12. {{Icon|C}} Brian O'Driscoll
13. {{Icon|C}} Francois Pienaar
14. {{Icon|FA}} Waisale Serevi
15. {{Icon|B}} Jonny Wilkinson

{{div col end}}

{{Vital article count|20}}

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{{Vital article count|4}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Mat Hoffman
2. {{Icon|Start}} Dave Mirra
3. {{Icon|Start}} Mariana Pajón
4. {{Icon|Start}} Māris Štrombergs

{{Vital article count|3}}

1. {{Icon|C}} Juan Belmonte
2. {{Icon|Start}} Manolete
3. {{Icon|Start}} Pedro Romero

{{Vital article count|3}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Ricky Carmichael
2. {{Icon|C}} Jeremy McGrath
3. {{Icon|B}} Travis Pastrana

{{Vital article count|1}}

1. {{Icon|C}} David Belle

{{Vital article count|4}}

1. {{Icon|C}} Trevor Brazile
2. {{Icon|GA}} Charmayne James
3. {{Icon|C}} J.B. Mauney
4. {{Icon|C}} Jim Shoulders

{{Vital article count|5}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Steve Caballero
2. {{Icon|C}} Tony Hawk
3. {{Icon|C}} Nyjah Huston
4. {{Icon|C}} Rodney Mullen
5. {{Icon|Start}} Elissa Steamer

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{{Vital article count|53}}

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{{Vital article count|2}}

1. {{Icon|C}} Ole Einar Bjørndalen
2. {{Icon|Start}} Darya Domracheva

{{Vital article count|15}}

1. {{Icon|C}} Josune Bereziartu
2. {{Icon|B}} Walter Bonatti
3. {{Icon|B}} Catherine Destivelle
4. {{Icon|B}} Wolfgang Güllich
5. {{Icon|FA}} Lynn Hill
6. {{Icon|GA}} Edmund Hillary (Level 4)
7. {{Icon|C}} Alex Honnold
8. {{Icon|B}} Andrew Irvine (mountaineer)
9. {{Icon|B}} George Mallory
10. {{Icon|C}} Reinhold Messner
11. {{Icon|B}} Tenzing Norgay (Level 4)
12. {{Icon|C}} Adam Ondra
13. {{Icon|Start}} Edurne Pasaban
14. {{Icon|B}} Chris Sharma
15. {{Icon|GA}} Junko Tabei (Level 4)

{{Vital article count|10}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Eddie Arcaro
2. {{Icon|Start}} Steve Cauthen
3. {{Icon|Start}} Charlotte Dujardin
4. {{Icon|Start}} Reiner Klimke
5. {{Icon|Start}} Julie Krone
6. {{Icon|Start}} Tony McCoy
7. {{Icon|C}} Lester Piggott
8. {{Icon|Start}} Bill Shoemaker
9. {{Icon|C}} Mark Todd (equestrian)
10. {{Icon|C}} Hans Günter Winkler

{{Vital article count|2}}

1. {{Icon|C}} Frank Buck (animal collector)
2. {{Icon|B}} Jim Corbett

{{Vital article count|4}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Birgit Fischer
2. {{Icon|Start}} Elisabeta Lipă
3. {{Icon|Start}} Michal Martikán
4. {{Icon|C}} Steve Redgrave (Level 4)

{{Vital article count|2}}

1. {{Icon|C}} Ben Ainslie
2. {{Icon|Start}} Paul Elvstrøm

{{Vital article count|10}}

1. {{Icon|C}} Marit Bjørgen (Level 4)
2. {{Icon|Start}} Bjørn Dæhlie
3. {{Icon|C}} Jean-Claude Killy
4. {{Icon|C}} Mikaël Kingsbury
5. {{Icon|Start}} Hermann Maier
6. {{Icon|Start}} Annemarie Moser-Pröll
7. {{Icon|B}} Matti Nykänen
8. {{Icon|C}} Ingemar Stenmark (Level 4)
9. {{Icon|C}} Lindsey Vonn
10. {{Icon|Start}} Terje Håkonsen

{{Vital article count|1}}

1. {{Icon|C}} Felix Baumgartner

{{Vital article count|3}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Georg Hackl
2. {{Icon|Start}} Kevin Kuske
3. {{Icon|Start}} Eugenio Monti

{{Vital article count|4}}

1. {{Icon|C}} Layne Beachley
2. {{Icon|Stub}} Björn Dunkerbeck
3. {{Icon|C}} Duke Kahanamoku
4. {{Icon|Start}} Kelly Slater

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{{Vital article count|45}}

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{{Vital article count|21}}

{{Vital article count|1}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Marion Tinsley

{{Vital article count|12}}

1. {{Icon|C}} {{Icon|DGA}} Alexander Alekhine
2. {{Icon|B}} Mikhail Botvinnik
3. {{Icon|C}} José Raúl Capablanca
4. {{Icon|C}} {{Icon|DGA}} Magnus Carlsen
5. {{Icon|GA}} Bobby Fischer (Level 4)
6. {{Icon|C}} {{Icon|FFA}} Anatoly Karpov
7. {{Icon|GA}} {{Icon|FFA}} Garry Kasparov (Level 4)
8. {{Icon|GA}} Emanuel Lasker
9. {{Icon|GA}} {{Icon|FFA}} Paul Morphy
10. {{Icon|B}} Judit Polgár
11. {{Icon|B}} Mikhail Tal
12. {{Icon|GA}} Wilhelm Steinitz

{{Vital article count|5}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Lee Chang-ho
2. {{Icon|Start}} Cho Hun-hyun
3. {{Icon|B}} Go Seigen
4. {{Icon|Start}} Hon'inbō Sansa
5. {{Icon|C}} Hon'inbō Shūsaku

{{Vital article count|1}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Nigel Richards (Scrabble player)

{{Vital article count|2}}

1. {{Icon|C}} Yoshiharu Habu
2. {{Icon|Start}} Yasuharu Ōyama

{{Vital article count|7}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Ely Culbertson

{{Vital article count|6}}

1. {{Icon|B}} Doyle Brunson
2. {{Icon|C}} Phil Hellmuth
3. {{Icon|C}} Phil Ivey
4. {{Icon|Start}} Chris Moneymaker
5. {{Icon|Start}} Johnny Moss
6. {{Icon|C}} Stu Ungar

{{Vital article count|1}}

1. {{Icon|C}} Takeru Kobayashi

{{Vital article count|8}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Raymond Ceulemans
2. {{Icon|GA}} Joe Davis
3. {{Icon|Start}} Ralph Greenleaf
4. {{Icon|C}} Stephen Hendry
5. {{Icon|C}} Walter Lindrum
6. {{Icon|B}} Willie Mosconi
7. {{Icon|GA}} Efren Reyes
8. {{Icon|GA}} Ronnie O'Sullivan

{{Vital article count|3}}

1. {{Icon|B}} Faker (gamer)
2. {{Icon|C}} Daigo Umehara
3. {{Icon|C}} Lim Yo-hwan

{{Vital article count|5}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Deng Yaping
2. {{Icon|Start}} Ma Lin (table tennis)
3. {{Icon|C}} Ma Long
4. {{Icon|Start}} Jan-Ove Waldner
5. {{Icon|Start}} Wang Nan (table tennis)

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{{Vital article count|20}}

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{{Vital article count|5}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Howard Hill
2. {{Icon|Start}} Kim Soo-nyung
3. {{Icon|Start}} Darrell Pace
4. {{Icon|Start}} Park Sung-hyun (archer)
5. {{Icon|Start}} Hubert Van Innis

{{Vital article count|4}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Tony Allcock
2. {{Icon|Start}} Earl Anthony
3. {{Icon|Start}} Philippe Quintais
4. {{Icon|Start}} Walter Ray Williams Jr.

{{Vital article count|2}}

1. {{Icon|GA}} Kevin Martin (curler)
2. {{Icon|GA}} Sandra Schmirler

{{Vital article count|2}}

1. {{Icon|C}} Trina Gulliver
2. {{Icon|B}} Phil Taylor (darts player)

{{Vital article count|2}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Ken Climo
2. {{Icon|Start}} Ken Westerfield

{{Vital article count|5}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Maria Grozdeva
2. {{Icon|Start}} Jin Jong-oh
3. {{Icon|Start}} Carl Osburn
4. {{Icon|Start}} Kim Rhode
5. {{Icon|Start}} Ralf Schumann

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{{Vital article count|41}}

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{{Vital article count|5}}

1. {{Icon|B}} Lin Dan
2. {{Icon|Start}} Gao Ling
3. {{Icon|C}} Saina Nehwal
4. {{Icon|B}} Rudy Hartono
5. {{Icon|GA}} Lee Chong Wei

{{Vital article count|3}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Ronnie Coleman
2. {{Icon|Start}} Iris Kyle
3. {{Icon|B}} Eugen Sandow

{{Vital article count|4}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Klaus Dibiasi
2. {{Icon|Start}} Greg Louganis
3. {{Icon|Start}} Natalia Molchanova
4. {{Icon|C}} Wu Minxia

{{Vital article count|4}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Pavel Kolobkov
2. {{Icon|Start}} Edoardo Mangiarotti
3. {{Icon|Start}} Aldo Nadi
4. {{Icon|C}} Valentina Vezzali

{{Vital article count|1}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Paola Longoria

{{Vital article count|7}}

1. {{Icon|C}} Bonnie Blair
2. {{Icon|C}} Steven Bradbury
3. {{Icon|C}} Eric Heiden (Level 4)
4. {{Icon|B}} Sven Kramer
5. {{Icon|GA}} Apolo Ohno
6. {{Icon|Start}} Claudia Pechstein
7. {{Icon|C}} Ireen Wüst

{{Vital article count|3}}

1. {{Icon|GA}} Nicol David
2. {{Icon|C}} Jahangir Khan
3. {{Icon|Start}} Heather McKay

{{Vital article count|7}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Vasily Alekseyev
2. {{Icon|Start}} Ed Coan
3. {{Icon|Start}} Louis Cyr
4. {{Icon|Start}} Pyrros Dimas
5. {{Icon|C}} Bill Kazmaier
6. {{Icon|Start}} Hossein Rezazadeh
7. {{Icon|C}} Naim Süleymanoğlu

{{Vital article count|1}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Tanni Grey-Thompson

{{Vital article count|6}}

1. {{Icon|C}} Eddie Eagan
2. {{Icon|C}} Bo Jackson
3. {{Icon|B}} Anthony Mundine
4. {{Icon|FA}} Jim Thorpe (Level 4)
5. {{Icon|B}} Babe Didrikson Zaharias (Level 4)
6. {{Icon|C}} Shaun White

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{{Vital article count|5}}

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1. {{Icon|Start}} Cynisca
2. {{Icon|Start}} Gaius Appuleius Diocles
3. {{Icon|Start}} Leonidas of Rhodes
4. {{Icon|C}} {{Icon|DGA}} Milo of Croton
5. {{Icon|Start}} Pheidippides

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{{Vital article count|131}}

Note: Sportswriters, journalists, commentators and announcers are listed under writers and journalists

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{{Vital article count|15}}

1. {{Icon|B}} Bill Belichick
2. {{Icon|GA}} Paul Brown
3. {{Icon|C}} Bear Bryant
4. {{Icon|C}} Walter Camp
5. {{Icon|B}} Al Davis
6. {{Icon|GA}} John Heisman
7. {{Icon|B}} Curly Lambeau
8. {{Icon|B}} Tom Landry
9. {{Icon|B}} Vince Lombardi
10. {{Icon|C}} Joe Paterno
11. {{Icon|C}} Knute Rockne
12. {{Icon|C}} Pete Rozelle
13. {{Icon|B}} Nick Saban
14. {{Icon|C}} Amos Alonzo Stagg
15. {{Icon|GA}} Pop Warner

{{Vital article count|31}}

1. {{Icon|B}} Carlo Ancelotti
2. {{Icon|C}} Ken Aston
3. {{Icon|C}} Béla Guttmann
4. {{Icon|B}} Sepp Blatter
5. {{Icon|C}} Vicente del Bosque
6. {{Icon|C}} Matt Busby
7. {{Icon|GA}} Herbert Chapman
8. {{Icon|B}} Brian Clough
9. {{Icon|Start}} Ebenezer Cobb Morley
10. {{Icon|C}} Pierluigi Collina
11. {{Icon|C}} Didier Deschamps
12. {{Icon|B}} Alex Ferguson
13. {{Icon|Start}} Robert Guérin
14. {{Icon|GA}} Pep Guardiola
15. {{Icon|Start}} João Havelange
16. {{Icon|Start}} Helenio Herrera
17. {{Icon|Start}} Udo Lattek
18. {{Icon|C}} Valeriy Lobanovskyi
19. {{Icon|Start}} Mircea Lucescu
20. {{Icon|C}} Rinus Michels
21. {{Icon|B}} José Mourinho
22. {{Icon|C}} Silvia Neid
23. {{Icon|C}} Bob Paisley
24. {{Icon|FA}} Alf Ramsey
25. {{Icon|Start}} Jules Rimet
26. {{Icon|C}} Stanley Rous
27. {{Icon|C}} Vittorio Pozzo
28. {{Icon|Start}} Arrigo Sacchi
29. {{Icon|C}} Howard Webb
30. {{Icon|GA}} Arsène Wenger
31. {{Icon|Start}} Mário Zagallo

{{Vital article count|1}}

1. {{Icon|GA}} Tom Wills

{{Vital article count|8}}

1. {{Icon|C}} Alexander Cartwright
2. {{Icon|FA}} Kenesaw Mountain Landis
3. {{Icon|B}} Connie Mack
4. {{Icon|B}} Buck O'Neil
5. {{Icon|C}} Branch Rickey
6. {{Icon|C}} Albert Spalding
7. {{Icon|C}} George Steinbrenner
8. {{Icon|C}} Harry Wright

{{Vital article count|18}}

1. {{Icon|C}} {{Icon|DGA}} Red Auerbach
2. {{Icon|C}} Geno Auriemma
3. {{Icon|Start}} Alexander Gomelsky
4. {{Icon|Start}} Henry Iba
5. {{Icon|B}} Phil Jackson
6. {{Icon|B}} Bob Knight
7. {{Icon|C}} Mike Krzyzewski
8. {{Icon|Start}} John Kundla
9. {{Icon|GA}} James Naismith (Level 4)
10. {{Icon|Stub}} Mirko Novosel
11. {{Icon|Start}} Larry O'Brien
12. {{Icon|C}} Gregg Popovich
13. {{Icon|B}} Pat Riley
14. {{Icon|C}} Abe Saperstein
15. {{Icon|B}} {{Icon|DGA}} Dean Smith
16. {{Icon|C}} David Stern
17. {{Icon|B}} Pat Summitt
18. {{Icon|B}} John Wooden

{{Vital article count|3}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Jack Broughton
2. {{Icon|Start}} Angelo Dundee
3. {{Icon|B}} Don King

{{Vital article count|1}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Henri Desgrange

{{Vital article count|6}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Bob Baffert
2. {{Icon|Start}} Federico Caprilli
3. {{Icon|C}} Kikkuli
4. {{Icon|Start}} Vincent O'Brien
5. {{Icon|Start}} François Robichon de La Guérinière
6. {{Icon|Start}} Federico Tesio

{{Vital article count|3}}

1. {{Icon|C}} Friedrich Ludwig Jahn
2. {{Icon|B}} Béla Károlyi
3. {{Icon|Start}} Márta Károlyi

{{Vital article count|11}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Al Arbour
2. {{Icon|B}} Mike Babcock
3. {{Icon|B}} Gary Bettman
4. {{Icon|C}} Toe Blake
5. {{Icon|C}} Scotty Bowman
6. {{Icon|C}} Herb Brooks
7. {{Icon|Start}} Frank Calder
8. {{Icon|Start}} Clarence Campbell
9. {{Icon|Start}} Ken Hitchcock
10. {{Icon|C}} Joel Quenneville
11. {{Icon|B}} James T. Sutherland

{{Vital article count|1}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} William George Beers

{{Vital article count|1}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Dana White

{{Vital article count|12}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Thomas Bach
2. {{Icon|Start}} Henri de Baillet-Latour
3. {{Icon|FA}} Avery Brundage
4. {{Icon|C}} Pierre de Coubertin (Level 4)
5. {{Icon|C}} Carl Diem
6. {{Icon|Start}} J. Sigfrid Edström
7. {{Icon|GA}} Alice Milliat
8. {{Icon|Start}} Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin
9. {{Icon|Start}} Dick Pound
10. {{Icon|Start}} Jacques Rogge
11. {{Icon|C}} Juan Antonio Samaranch
12. {{Icon|Start}} Demetrios Vikelas

{{Vital article count|3}}

1. {{Icon|C}} Bernie Ecclestone
2. {{Icon|Start}} Bill France Sr.
3. {{Icon|C}} Gordon Murray

{{Vital article count|1}}

1. {{Icon|B}} Wayne Bennett (rugby league)

{{Vital article count|3}}

1. {{Icon|C}} William Webb Ellis
2. {{Icon|Start}} Ned Haig
3. {{Icon|C}} Graham Henry

{{Vital article count|1}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Barry Hearn

{{Vital article count|1}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Bob Bowman (coach)

{{Vital article count|2}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Nick Bollettieri
2. {{Icon|C}} Harry Hopman

{{Vital article count|1}}

1. {{Icon|C}} Bill Bowerman

{{Vital article count|2}}

1. {{Icon|C}} William G. Morgan
2. {{Icon|Start}} Bernardo Rezende

{{Vital article count|3}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Adam Krikorian
2. {{Icon|C}} Ratko Rudić
3. {{Icon|Start}} William Wilson (aquatics)

{{Vital article count|3}}

1. {{Icon|Start}} Walter A. Brown
2. {{Icon|C}} Lamar Hunt
3. {{Icon|C}} Tex Rickard

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