Most Famous Canadian Athletes

50 Canadian Athletes in view out of 976

Sports 976
Canada 3,744
Wayne Gretzky
Wayne Gretzky Canadian Hockey Born 1961
#1,501
Roddy Piper
Roddy Piper Canadian Wrestler 1954 – 2015
#3,726
Gordie Howe
Gordie Howe Canadian Hockey 1928 – 2016
#3,974
Jacques Villeneuve
Jacques Villeneuve Canadian Driver Born 1971
#5,709
Ben Johnson (sprinter)
Ben Johnson (sprinter) Canadian Athletic Born 1961
#8,868
Bobby Orr
Bobby Orr Canadian Hockey Born 1948
#9,443
Sidney Crosby
Sidney Crosby Canadian Hockey Born 1987
#9,604
Donovan Bailey
Donovan Bailey Canadian Sprint Born 1967
#14,315
Steve Yzerman
Steve Yzerman Canadian Hockey Born 1965
#15,966
Jean Béliveau
Jean Béliveau Canadian Hockey 1931 – 2014
#18,496
Phil Esposito
Phil Esposito Canadian Hockey Born 1942
#19,199
Milos Raonic
Milos Raonic Canadian Player Born 1990
#20,456
Georges St-Pierre
Georges St-Pierre Canadian Martial Art Born 1981
#22,123
Stan Mikita
Stan Mikita Canadian Hockey 1940 – 2018
#22,348
Jacques Plante
Jacques Plante Canadian Hockey 1929 – 1986
#24,299
Robert Maillet
Robert Maillet Canadian Wrestler Born 1969
#25,887
Tim Horton
Tim Horton Canadian Hockey 1930 – 1974
#27,050
Kurt Browning
Kurt Browning Canadian Sport Born 1966
#29,437
Hayley Wickenheiser
Hayley Wickenheiser Canadian Hockey Born 1978
#30,015
Ray Bourque
Ray Bourque Canadian Hockey Born 1960
#30,327
Chris Pronger
Chris Pronger Canadian Hockey Born 1974
#30,654
Guy Lafleur
Guy Lafleur Canadian Hockey Born 1951
#31,053
Howie Morenz
Howie Morenz Canadian Hockey 1902 – 1937
#32,725
Cam Neely
Cam Neely Canadian Ice Hockey Born 1965
#32,760
Bronko Nagurski
Bronko Nagurski Canadian Football 1908 – 1990
#33,673
Brendan Shanahan
Brendan Shanahan Canadian Hockey Born 1969
#33,677
MS
Martin St. Louis Canadian Hockey Born 1975
#34,001
Theoren Fleury
Theoren Fleury Canadian Hockey Born 1968
#34,010
WC
Walter Camp Canadian Football 1859 – 1925
#36,448
Ferguson Jenkins
Ferguson Jenkins Canadian Baseball Born 1942
#37,068
Carey Price
Carey Price Canadian Hockey Born 1987
#37,201
MB
Milan Borjan Canadian Football Born 1987
#38,354
Steven Stamkos
Steven Stamkos Canadian Hockey Born 1990
#39,391
Andrew Wiggins
Andrew Wiggins Canadian Basket Born 1995
#40,006
David Pelletier
David Pelletier Canadian Skater Born 1974
#40,404
Art Ross
Art Ross Canadian Hockey 1886 – 1964
#41,528
Marc-André Fleury
Marc-André Fleury Canadian Hockey Born 1984
#41,993
Curtis Joseph
Curtis Joseph Canadian Hockey Born 1967
#42,810
Larry Robinson
Larry Robinson Canadian Hockey Born 1951
#44,075
Eddie Shore
Eddie Shore Canadian Hockey 1902 – 1985
#46,850
Sarah Burke
Sarah Burke Canadian Freestyle 1982 – 2012
#46,923
Al MacInnis
Al MacInnis Canadian Hockey Born 1963
#47,461
Bryan Trottier
Bryan Trottier Canadian Hockey Born 1956
#48,019
JW
Jeremy Wotherspoon Canadian Skater Born 1976
#49,182
Claude Giroux
Claude Giroux Canadian Hockey Born 1988
#51,674
Patrick Marleau
Patrick Marleau Canadian Hockey Born 1979
#51,865
Olivier Occéan
Olivier Occéan Canadian Football Born 1981
#52,510
Test (wrestler)
Test (wrestler) Canadian Wrestler 1975 – 2009
#53,483
Erin McLeod
Erin McLeod Canadian Football Born 1983
#55,097
JT
John Tenta Canadian Wrestler 1963 – 2006
#55,941

By the numbers

Inside Canada Athletes

976 notable people in this slice of the dataset.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous canada athletes born in each.

Notable Births by Decade

Notable births among Canada Athletes peaked in the 1980s with 219 people.

What Canada Athletes Are Known For

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Hockey are Canada Athletes's biggest group — 65% of all notables (635).

Canada Athletes over-index on curler — 82.6× the global rate.

  1. Hockey635
  2. Football65
  3. Sport34
  4. Curler29
  5. Wrestler22
  6. Skater17
  7. Athletic16
  8. Baseball16
  1. Curler2982.6×
  2. Hockey63578.7×
  3. Martial Art1113.5×
  4. Skater1712.8×
  5. Rower166.6×
  6. Swimmer106.3×
  7. Wrestler224.5×
  8. Sport342.1×