Most Famous Swiss Athletes
Switzerland has produced 489 notable athletes throughout history, led by Martina Hingis. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.
Category All
Citizenship All
MH
Martina Hingis Swiss Player Born 1980
#
2,039
SB
Sepp Blatter Swiss Football Born 1936
#
6,449
FC
Fabian Cancellara Swiss Sport Born 1981
#
7,606
XS
Xherdan Shaqiri Swiss Football Born 1991
#
14,017
GI
Gökhan Inler Swiss Football Born 1984
#
19,162
BD
Blerim Džemaili Swiss Football Born 1986
#
19,485
JD
Josip Drmić Swiss Football Born 1992
#
20,180
SL
Stephan Lichtsteiner Swiss Football Born 1984
#
20,890
RB
Roman Bürki Swiss Football Born 1990
#
20,914
FS
Fabian Schär Swiss Football Born 1991
#
25,046
LF
Lucien Favre Swiss Football Born 1957
#
25,116
US
Ueli Steck Swiss Mountaineer 1976 – 2017
#
26,437
AM
Admir Mehmedi Swiss Football Born 1991
#
29,359
VS
Vreni Schneider Swiss Skier Born 1964
#
32,053
FK
Ferdinand Kübler Swiss Sport 1919 – 2016
#
33,804
PZ
Pirmin Zurbriggen Swiss Skier Born 1963
#
36,263
AA
Almen Abdi Swiss Football Born 1986
#
39,202
BB
Belinda Bencic Swiss Player Born 1997
#
39,629
KT
Kubilay Türkyilmaz Swiss Football Born 1967
#
39,992
SL
Stéphane Lambiel Swiss Skater Born 1985
#
42,552