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.

Top Ranked

  1. Mario Balotelli — Italian Football (Born 1990) , ranked #1560
  2. Andrea Pirlo — Italian Football (Born 1979) , ranked #1667
  3. Reinhold Messner — Italian Mountaineer (Born 1944) , ranked #1874
  4. Gianluigi Buffon — Italian Football (Born 1978) , ranked #2043
  5. Roberto Baggio — Italian Football (Born 1967) , ranked #2631
  6. Alessandro Del Piero — Italian Football (Born 1974) , ranked #3213
  7. Carlo Ancelotti — Italian Football (Born 1959) , ranked #3703
  8. Gino Bartali — Italian Sport (1914–2000) , ranked #5593
  9. Fausto Coppi — Italian Sport (1919–1960) , ranked #6064
  10. Antonio Cassano — Italian Football (Born 1982) , ranked #6149
  11. Primo Carnera — Italian Boxer (1906–1967) , ranked #8252
  12. Alberto Gilardino — Italian Football (Born 1982) , ranked #8336
  13. Pietro Mennea — Italian Sprint (1952–2013) , ranked #8490
  14. Antonio Conte — Italian Football (Born 1969) , ranked #8738
  15. Gennaro Gattuso — Italian Football (Born 1978) , ranked #8845
  16. Dino Zoff — Italian Football (Born 1942) , ranked #9477
  17. Stephan El Shaarawy — Italian Football (Born 1992) , ranked #10462
  18. Fabio Capello — Italian Football (Born 1946) , ranked #10710
  19. Giacinto Facchetti — Italian Football (1942–2006) , ranked #11328
  20. Luca Toni — Italian Football (Born 1977) , ranked #12328