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Most Famous Iranian Athletes

Sports 131
Iran 478
19,538 SA Sardar Azmoun Sardar Azmoun Iranian Football b. 1995
67,404 AB Alireza Beiranvand Alireza Beiranvand Iranian Football b. 1992
76,955 AG Afshin Ghotbi Afshin Ghotbi Iranian Football b. 1964
85,299 MR Mohammad Reza Khalatbari (born 1983) Mohammad Reza Khalatbari (born 1983) Iranian Football b. 1984
88,119 MP Morteza Pouraliganji Morteza Pouraliganji Iranian Football b. 1992
109,678 VA Vahid Amiri Vahid Amiri Iranian Football b. 1988
113,236 OE Omid Ebrahimi Omid Ebrahimi Iranian Football b. 1987
114,935 YG Yahya Golmohammadi Yahya Golmohammadi Iranian Football b. 1971
133,035 RR Ramin Rezaeian Ramin Rezaeian Iranian Football b. 1990
134,567 SM Sohrab Moradi Sohrab Moradi Iranian Weightlifter b. 1988
135,021 BS Behdad Salimi Behdad Salimi Iranian Weightlifter b. 1989
136,922 SB Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh Iranian Football b. 1972
148,145 HT Hassan Taftian Hassan Taftian Iranian Athletic b. 1993
148,195 KR Kaveh Rezaei Kaveh Rezaei Iranian Football b. 1992
155,235 MT Mehdi Torabi Mehdi Torabi Iranian Football b. 1994
161,824 BR Bakhtiar Rahmani Bakhtiar Rahmani Iranian Football b. 1991
164,630 MR Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri Iranian Football b. 1989
165,555 EM Ebrahim Mirzapour Ebrahim Mirzapour Iranian Football b. 1978
168,548 AM Abdollah Movahed Abdollah Movahed Iranian Wrestler b. 1940
172,260 IM Iman Mobali Iman Mobali Iranian Football b. 1982
180,204 RA Rahman Ahmadi Rahman Ahmadi Iranian Football b. 1980
183,787 HY Hassan Yazdani Hassan Yazdani Iranian Wrestler b. 1994
194,047 MJ Mojtaba Jabbari Mojtaba Jabbari Iranian Football b. 1983
206,169 KK Kamal Kamyabinia Kamal Kamyabinia Iranian Football b. 1989
208,042 SA Saeid Abdevali Saeid Abdevali Iranian Wrestler b. 1989
216,036 PN Pejman Nouri Pejman Nouri Iranian Football b. 1980
218,290 MS Mehdi Sohrabi Iranian Sport b. 1981
223,047 HN Hadi Norouzi Hadi Norouzi Iranian Football 1985–2015
224,371 EA Emmanuel Agassi Iranian Boxer b. 1930
235,579 SG Shahab Gordan Shahab Gordan Iranian Football b. 1984
236,913 RA Raheleh Asemani Iranian Athlete b. 1989
251,511 AA Amir Aliakbari Amir Aliakbari Iranian Wrestler b. 1987
255,764 SM Sajjad Moradi Iranian Athletic b. 1983
256,991 AA Arash Afshin Arash Afshin Iranian Football b. 1989
258,996 MN Mohammad Nouri (footballer) Mohammad Nouri (footballer) Iranian Football b. 1983
292,438 ZN Zahra Nemati Zahra Nemati Iranian Archer b. 1985
310,921 YK Yaghoub Karimi Yaghoub Karimi Iranian Football b. 1991
324,138 MT Mehdi Taghavi Iranian Wrestler b. 1987
329,334 AI Akbar Imani Akbar Imani Iranian Football b. 1992
340,372 AN Ahmad Nourollahi Ahmad Nourollahi Iranian Football b. 1993
342,597 AH Alireza Haghi Alireza Haghi Iranian Sport b. 1979
348,110 AT Aboutaleb Talebi Aboutaleb Talebi Iranian Wrestler 1945–2008
366,024 MS Mehdi Sharifi Mehdi Sharifi Iranian Football b. 1992
372,757 MN Mousa Nabipour Iranian Basket b. 1983
372,950 MS Mohammad Samimi Iranian Athletic b. 1987
377,607 MP Mohammad Paziraei Mohammad Paziraei Iranian Wrestler 1929–2002
392,057 AH Ali Hashemi Iranian Weightlifter b. 1991
396,909 FM Fardin Masoumi Iranian Wrestler b. 1977
415,177 MA Mohammad Arzandeh Mohammad Arzandeh Iranian Athletic b. 1987
418,048 KS Khaled Shafiei Khaled Shafiei Iranian Football b. 1987
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Inside Iran Athletes

131 notable people in this slice of the dataset.

Through the Decades

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

Notable Births by Decade

Notable births among Iran Athletes peaked in the 1980s with 52 people.

What Iran Athletes Are Known For

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Football are Iran Athletes's biggest group — 68% of all notables (89).

Iran Athletes over-index on wrestler — 20.0× the global rate.

  1. Football89
  2. Wrestler13
  3. Sport5
  4. Athletic4
  5. Weightlifter3
  6. Athlete3
  7. Boxer2
  8. Basket2
  1. Wrestler1320.0×
  2. Football897.3×
  3. Sport52.3×

City Hot Spots

Cities that over-produce Iran Athletes compared to the world average — multiplier shows how much more.