Most Famous Australian Athletes

Australia has produced 1,179 notable athletes throughout history, led by Rod Laver. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

Top Ranked

  1. Rod Laver — Australian Player (Born 1938) , ranked #5628
  2. Don Bradman — Australian Cricket (1908–2001) , ranked #6090
  3. Margaret Court — Australian Player (Born 1942) , ranked #6475
  4. Jack Brabham — Australian Driver (1926–2014) , ranked #6635
  5. Cathy Freeman — Australian Sprint (Born 1973) , ranked #7645
  6. Greg Norman — Australian Golf (Born 1955) , ranked #9785
  7. Evonne Goolagong Cawley — Australian Player (Born 1951) , ranked #10674
  8. Cadel Evans — Australian Sport (Born 1977) , ranked #15467
  9. Roy Emerson — Australian Player (Born 1936) , ranked #19398
  10. Nathan Burns — Australian Football (Born 1988) , ranked #25877
  11. Cate Campbell — Australian Swimmer (Born 1992) , ranked #26626
  12. Adam Gilchrist — Australian Cricket (Born 1971) , ranked #27472
  13. Mathew Ryan — Australian Football (Born 1992) , ranked #28958
  14. Richie Benaud — Australian Cricket (1930–2015) , ranked #29582
  15. Anna Meares — Australian Sport (Born 1983) , ranked #30695
  16. Mitchell Langerak — Australian Football (Born 1988) , ranked #31491
  17. Glenn McGrath — Australian Cricket (Born 1970) , ranked #34263
  18. Murray Rose — Australian Swimmer (1939–2012) , ranked #35101
  19. Grant Hackett — Australian Swimmer (Born 1980) , ranked #35954
  20. Boy Charlton — Australian Swimmer (1907–1975) , ranked #36247