Most Famous American Athletes
United States has produced 5,845 notable athletes throughout history, led by Muhammad Ali. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.
Category All
Citizenship All
MA
Muhammad Ali American Boxer 1942 – 2016
#
61
MJ
Magic Johnson American Basket Born 1959
#
549
LA
Lance Armstrong American Sport Born 1971
#
584
JO
Jesse Owens American Sprint 1913 – 1980
#
1,135
TW
Tiger Woods American Golf Born 1975
#
1,270
JR
Jackie Robinson American Baseball 1919 – 1972
#
1,505
JF
Joe Frazier American Boxer 1944 – 2011
#
1,543
CB
Charles Barkley American Basket Born 1963
#
1,728
DR
Dennis Rodman American Basket Born 1961
#
1,822
JW
Johnny Weissmuller American Swimmer 1904 – 1984
#
1,851
CJ
Caitlyn Jenner American Olympic Born 1949
#
1,923
LJ
LeBron James American Basket Born 1984
#
2,102
KA
Kurt Angle American Wrestler Born 1968
#
2,498
JD
Joe DiMaggio American Baseball 1914 – 1999
#
2,539
CE
Chris Evert American Player Born 1954
#
2,625
JL
Joe Louis American Boxer 1914 – 1981
#
2,631
JT
Jim Thorpe American Baseball 1887 – 1953
#
2,992
AP
Arnold Palmer American Golf 1929 – 2016
#
3,201
GF
George Foreman American Boxer Born 1949
#
3,307
HA
Hank Aaron American Baseball Born 1934
#
3,489