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.

Top Ranked

  1. Martina Hingis — Swiss Player (Born 1980) , ranked #2039
  2. Sepp Blatter — Swiss Football (Born 1936) , ranked #6449
  3. Fabian Cancellara — Swiss Sport (Born 1981) , ranked #7606
  4. Xherdan Shaqiri — Swiss Football (Born 1991) , ranked #14017
  5. Gökhan Inler — Swiss Football (Born 1984) , ranked #19162
  6. Blerim Džemaili — Swiss Football (Born 1986) , ranked #19485
  7. Josip Drmić — Swiss Football (Born 1992) , ranked #20180
  8. Stephan Lichtsteiner — Swiss Football (Born 1984) , ranked #20890
  9. Roman Bürki — Swiss Football (Born 1990) , ranked #20914
  10. Fabian Schär — Swiss Football (Born 1991) , ranked #25046
  11. Lucien Favre — Swiss Football (Born 1957) , ranked #25116
  12. Ueli Steck — Swiss Mountaineer (1976–2017) , ranked #26437
  13. Admir Mehmedi — Swiss Football (Born 1991) , ranked #29359
  14. Vreni Schneider — Swiss Skier (Born 1964) , ranked #32053
  15. Ferdinand Kübler — Swiss Sport (1919–2016) , ranked #33804
  16. Pirmin Zurbriggen — Swiss Skier (Born 1963) , ranked #36263
  17. Almen Abdi — Swiss Football (Born 1986) , ranked #39202
  18. Belinda Bencic — Swiss Player (Born 1997) , ranked #39629
  19. Kubilay Türkyilmaz — Swiss Football (Born 1967) , ranked #39992
  20. Stéphane Lambiel — Swiss Skater (Born 1985) , ranked #42552