Most Famous Athletes in the World
There are 33,274 notable athletes in the dataset, with the most coming from United States and United Kingdom. Muhammad Ali holds the top rank. Based on a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 notable people throughout history.
Category All
Citizenship All
MA
Muhammad Ali American Boxer 1942 – 2016
#
61
CR
Cristiano Ronaldo Portuguese Football Born 1985
#
182
P
Pelé Brazilian Football Born 1940
#
200
DM
Diego Maradona Argentine Football 1960 – 2020
#
223
ZZ
Zinedine Zidane French Football Born 1972
#
257
ZI
Zlatan Ibrahimović Swedish Football Born 1981
#
257
N
Neymar Brazilian Football Born 1992
#
277
UB
Usain Bolt Jamaican Sprint Born 1986
#
377
MJ
Magic Johnson American Basket Born 1959
#
549
MS
Maria Sharapova Russian Player Born 1987
#
554
LA
Lance Armstrong American Sport Born 1971
#
584
ND
Novak Djokovic Serbian Player Born 1987
#
606
GK
Garry Kasparov Croatian Chess Born 1963
#
675
RN
Rafael Nadal Spanish Player Born 1986
#
681
R
Ronaldinho Brazilian Football Born 1980
#
789
TH
Thierry Henry French Football Born 1977
#
832
LS
Luis Suárez Uruguayan Football Born 1987
#
889
EH
Edmund Hillary New Zealand Mountaineer 1919 – 2008
#
1,129
JO
Jesse Owens American Sprint 1913 – 1980
#
1,135
MS
Michael Schumacher German Driver Born 1969
#
1,148