Most Famous Danish Athletes

Denmark has produced 310 notable athletes throughout history, led by Michael Laudrup. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

Top Ranked

  1. Michael Laudrup — Danish Football (Born 1964) , ranked #6003
  2. Peter Schmeichel — Danish Football (Born 1963) , ranked #11938
  3. Bjarne Riis — Danish Sport (Born 1964) , ranked #13982
  4. Christian Eriksen — Danish Football (Born 1992) , ranked #14648
  5. Lasse Schöne — Danish Football (Born 1986) , ranked #17838
  6. Daniel Agger — Danish Football (Born 1984) , ranked #18738
  7. Bent Larsen — Danish Chess (1935–2010) , ranked #19960
  8. Daniel Wass — Danish Football (Born 1989) , ranked #21837
  9. Christian Poulsen — Danish Football (Born 1980) , ranked #22332
  10. Paul Elvstrøm — Danish Yachtsman (1928–2016) , ranked #27507
  11. Jan Mølby — Danish Football (Born 1963) , ranked #28141
  12. Jesper Grønkjær — Danish Football (Born 1977) , ranked #29017
  13. Lasse Vibe — Danish Football (Born 1987) , ranked #29579
  14. Pione Sisto — Danish Football (Born 1995) , ranked #30553
  15. William Kvist — Danish Football (Born 1985) , ranked #31365
  16. Mike Jensen — Danish Football (Born 1988) , ranked #39706
  17. Ebbe Sand — Danish Football (Born 1972) , ranked #40775
  18. Andreas Bjelland — Danish Football (Born 1988) , ranked #40839
  19. Martin Laursen — Danish Football (Born 1977) , ranked #41308
  20. Andreas Christensen — Danish Football (Born 1996) , ranked #41876