Most Famous Italian Athletes
Italy has produced 1,338 notable athletes throughout history, led by Mario Balotelli. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.
Category All
Citizenship All
MB
Mario Balotelli Italian Football Born 1990
#
1,560
AP
Andrea Pirlo Italian Football Born 1979
#
1,667
RM
Reinhold Messner Italian Mountaineer Born 1944
#
1,874
GB
Gianluigi Buffon Italian Football Born 1978
#
2,043
RB
Roberto Baggio Italian Football Born 1967
#
2,631
AD
Alessandro Del Piero Italian Football Born 1974
#
3,213
CA
Carlo Ancelotti Italian Football Born 1959
#
3,703
GB
Gino Bartali Italian Sport 1914 – 2000
#
5,593
FC
Fausto Coppi Italian Sport 1919 – 1960
#
6,064
AC
Antonio Cassano Italian Football Born 1982
#
6,149
PC
Primo Carnera Italian Boxer 1906 – 1967
#
8,252
AG
Alberto Gilardino Italian Football Born 1982
#
8,336
PM
Pietro Mennea Italian Sprint 1952 – 2013
#
8,490
AC
Antonio Conte Italian Football Born 1969
#
8,738
GG
Gennaro Gattuso Italian Football Born 1978
#
8,845
DZ
Dino Zoff Italian Football Born 1942
#
9,477
SE
Stephan El Shaarawy Italian Football Born 1992
#
10,462
FC
Fabio Capello Italian Football Born 1946
#
10,710
GF
Giacinto Facchetti Italian Football 1942 – 2006
#
11,328
LT
Luca Toni Italian Football Born 1977
#
12,328