Top ten sports people of all time

[HalloweenJack]

Ali
Sugar Ray Robinson
Pele
Bradman
Federer
Nicklaus
Bolt
Eddie Merckx
Steffi Graf
Wayne Gretzky

I’ve not really thought a lot about it. It is all subjective and very hard to do.

[Randall]

Bradman was so much better than anyone else in his field an argument for him being number one is easy to make

[vizIIsto]

My top 10 - in order:
Phil Taylor
Michael Jordan
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Andy Varipapa
Garry Kasparov
Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Seen him do things that truly no one else can do, and he's the only one at that.
Adam Peaty - Put him here instead of Phelps because Phelps was dominant over a broad range, but not even closely as dominant as Peaty is on the breaststroke competition today.
Efren Reyes
Bartolo Colon
Sven Kramer

Some notable mentions:
Steve Davis - I recommend a video of him doing an exhibition in Hungary; he could have been a comedian if he wanted to.
Jacques Secretin & Vincent Purkart - This was a table tennis duo from France that played exhibitions against each other. If you haven't seen footage of these two playing against eachother, I would recommend looking it up. They 'made' the sport, unlike top players today who just try to be the best; these two showed what you can do on a table with a small ball and two rackets.
Bobby Fischer - Could have made a so much bigger impact on the world of chess if he had persisted.
Daniel Negreanu
Zydrunas Savickas
Tom Brady

[Randall]

My top 10 - in order:
Phil Taylor
Michael Jordan
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Andy Varipapa???
Garry Kasparov
Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Seen him do things that truly no one else can do, and he's the only one at that.
Adam Peaty - Put him here instead of Phelps because Phelps was dominant over a broad range, but not even closely as dominant as Peaty is on the breaststroke competition today.
Efren Reyes???
Bartolo Colon???
Sven Kramer???

Some notable mentions:
Steve Davis - I recommend a video of him doing an exhibition in Hungary; he could have been a comedian if he wanted to.
Jacques Secretin & Vincent Purkart - This was a table tennis duo from France that played exhibitions against each other. If you haven't seen footage of these two playing against eachother, I would recommend looking it up. They 'made' the sport, unlike top players today who just try to be the best; these two showed what you can do on a table with a small ball and two rackets.
Bobby Fischer - Could have made a so much bigger impact on the world of chess if he had persisted.
Daniel Negreanu???
Zydrunas Savickas???
Tom Brady???

What sport are these from?

[vizIIsto]

My top 10 - in order:
Phil Taylor
Michael Jordan
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Andy Varipapa???
Garry Kasparov
Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Seen him do things that truly no one else can do, and he's the only one at that.
Adam Peaty - Put him here instead of Phelps because Phelps was dominant over a broad range, but not even closely as dominant as Peaty is on the breaststroke competition today.
Efren Reyes???
Bartolo Colon???
Sven Kramer???

Some notable mentions:
Steve Davis - I recommend a video of him doing an exhibition in Hungary; he could have been a comedian if he wanted to.
Jacques Secretin & Vincent Purkart - This was a table tennis duo from France that played exhibitions against each other. If you haven't seen footage of these two playing against eachother, I would recommend looking it up. They 'made' the sport, unlike top players today who just try to be the best; these two showed what you can do on a table with a small ball and two rackets.
Bobby Fischer - Could have made a so much bigger impact on the world of chess if he had persisted.
Daniel Negreanu???
Zydrunas Savickas???
Tom Brady???

What sport are these from?

Andy Varipapa - Bowling. Did shots back in the day that people won't be able to do in the current day.
Efren Reyes - Pool. You know pool, right?
Bartolo Colon - Baseball. As fat as Babe Ruth but more of the current day so I feel more for his character than for Babe.
Sven Kramer - I assume you don't watch speed skating.
Daniel Negreanu - OK perhaps I went too far classifying poker as a sport...
Zydrunas Savickas - Strongman competitions.
Tom Brady - Okay I expected you to know this one but well, it's an american football player. Still plays today.

There are great clips from Varipapa, Reyes, Colon and Negreanu out there. Similar with the French table tennis duo I mentioned.

[vizIIsto]

Also, not necessarily a sports legend but Adam Bobrow comes to mind immediately when thinking of someone who spreads the sport around the world in a way that gets everyone excited. Thought I'd share this:

[9farter]

Former striker Gerd Müller from West Germany.

68 goals in 62 internationals, 398 goals in the Bundesliga. World champion 1974. 3 times European cup with Bayern München.

[Ross, Bob]

My top 10 - in order:
Phil Taylor
Michael Jordan
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Andy Varipapa
Garry Kasparov
Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Seen him do things that truly no one else can do, and he's the only one at that.
Adam Peaty - Put him here instead of Phelps because Phelps was dominant over a broad range, but not even closely as dominant as Peaty is on the breaststroke competition today.
Efren Reyes
Bartolo Colon
Sven Kramer

Some notable mentions:
Steve Davis - I recommend a video of him doing an exhibition in Hungary; he could have been a comedian if he wanted to.
Jacques Secretin & Vincent Purkart - This was a table tennis duo from France that played exhibitions against each other. If you haven't seen footage of these two playing against eachother, I would recommend looking it up. They 'made' the sport, unlike top players today who just try to be the best; these two showed what you can do on a table with a small ball and two rackets.
Bobby Fischer - Could have made a so much bigger impact on the world of chess if he had persisted.
Daniel Negreanu
Zydrunas Savickas
Tom Brady

+1 for mentioning Seven Kramer.

[Ross, Bob]

My top 10 - in order:
Phil Taylor
Michael Jordan
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Andy Varipapa
Garry Kasparov
Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Seen him do things that truly no one else can do, and he's the only one at that.
Adam Peaty - Put him here instead of Phelps because Phelps was dominant over a broad range, but not even closely as dominant as Peaty is on the breaststroke competition today.
Efren Reyes
Bartolo Colon
Sven Kramer

Some notable mentions:
Steve Davis - I recommend a video of him doing an exhibition in Hungary; he could have been a comedian if he wanted to.
Jacques Secretin & Vincent Purkart - This was a table tennis duo from France that played exhibitions against each other. If you haven't seen footage of these two playing against eachother, I would recommend looking it up. They 'made' the sport, unlike top players today who just try to be the best; these two showed what you can do on a table with a small ball and two rackets.
Bobby Fischer - Could have made a so much bigger impact on the world of chess if he had persisted.
Daniel Negreanu
Zydrunas Savickas
Tom Brady

+1 for Sven Kramer.

[Ross, Bob]

Oops.

[Randall]

My top 10 - in order:
Phil Taylor
Michael Jordan
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Andy Varipapa???
Garry Kasparov
Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Seen him do things that truly no one else can do, and he's the only one at that.
Adam Peaty - Put him here instead of Phelps because Phelps was dominant over a broad range, but not even closely as dominant as Peaty is on the breaststroke competition today.
Efren Reyes???
Bartolo Colon???
Sven Kramer???

Some notable mentions:
Steve Davis - I recommend a video of him doing an exhibition in Hungary; he could have been a comedian if he wanted to.
Jacques Secretin & Vincent Purkart - This was a table tennis duo from France that played exhibitions against each other. If you haven't seen footage of these two playing against eachother, I would recommend looking it up. They 'made' the sport, unlike top players today who just try to be the best; these two showed what you can do on a table with a small ball and two rackets.
Bobby Fischer - Could have made a so much bigger impact on the world of chess if he had persisted.
Daniel Negreanu???
Zydrunas Savickas???
Tom Brady???

What sport are these from?

Andy Varipapa - Bowling. Did shots back in the day that people won't be able to do in the current day.
Efren Reyes - Pool. You know pool, right?
Bartolo Colon - Baseball. As fat as Babe Ruth but more of the current day so I feel more for his character than for Babe.
Sven Kramer - I assume you don't watch speed skating.
Daniel Negreanu - OK perhaps I went too far classifying poker as a sport...
Zydrunas Savickas - Strongman competitions.
Tom Brady - Okay I expected you to know this one but well, it's an american football player. Still plays today.

There are great clips from Varipapa, Reyes, Colon and Negreanu out there. Similar with the French table tennis duo I mentioned.

Crown green bowling?

[vizIIsto]

My top 10 - in order:
Phil Taylor
Michael Jordan
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Andy Varipapa???
Garry Kasparov
Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Seen him do things that truly no one else can do, and he's the only one at that.
Adam Peaty - Put him here instead of Phelps because Phelps was dominant over a broad range, but not even closely as dominant as Peaty is on the breaststroke competition today.
Efren Reyes???
Bartolo Colon???
Sven Kramer???

Some notable mentions:
Steve Davis - I recommend a video of him doing an exhibition in Hungary; he could have been a comedian if he wanted to.
Jacques Secretin & Vincent Purkart - This was a table tennis duo from France that played exhibitions against each other. If you haven't seen footage of these two playing against eachother, I would recommend looking it up. They 'made' the sport, unlike top players today who just try to be the best; these two showed what you can do on a table with a small ball and two rackets.
Bobby Fischer - Could have made a so much bigger impact on the world of chess if he had persisted.
Daniel Negreanu???
Zydrunas Savickas???
Tom Brady???

What sport are these from?

Andy Varipapa - Bowling. Did shots back in the day that people won't be able to do in the current day.
Efren Reyes - Pool. You know pool, right?
Bartolo Colon - Baseball. As fat as Babe Ruth but more of the current day so I feel more for his character than for Babe.
Sven Kramer - I assume you don't watch speed skating.
Daniel Negreanu - OK perhaps I went too far classifying poker as a sport...
Zydrunas Savickas - Strongman competitions.
Tom Brady - Okay I expected you to know this one but well, it's an american football player. Still plays today.

There are great clips from Varipapa, Reyes, Colon and Negreanu out there. Similar with the French table tennis duo I mentioned.

Crown green bowling?

That's called bowls.

[Randall]

My top 10 - in order:
Phil Taylor
Michael Jordan
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Andy Varipapa???
Garry Kasparov
Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Seen him do things that truly no one else can do, and he's the only one at that.
Adam Peaty - Put him here instead of Phelps because Phelps was dominant over a broad range, but not even closely as dominant as Peaty is on the breaststroke competition today.
Efren Reyes???
Bartolo Colon???
Sven Kramer???

Some notable mentions:
Steve Davis - I recommend a video of him doing an exhibition in Hungary; he could have been a comedian if he wanted to.
Jacques Secretin & Vincent Purkart - This was a table tennis duo from France that played exhibitions against each other. If you haven't seen footage of these two playing against eachother, I would recommend looking it up. They 'made' the sport, unlike top players today who just try to be the best; these two showed what you can do on a table with a small ball and two rackets.
Bobby Fischer - Could have made a so much bigger impact on the world of chess if he had persisted.
Daniel Negreanu???
Zydrunas Savickas???
Tom Brady???

What sport are these from?

Andy Varipapa - Bowling. Did shots back in the day that people won't be able to do in the current day.
Efren Reyes - Pool. You know pool, right?
Bartolo Colon - Baseball. As fat as Babe Ruth but more of the current day so I feel more for his character than for Babe.
Sven Kramer - I assume you don't watch speed skating.
Daniel Negreanu - OK perhaps I went too far classifying poker as a sport...
Zydrunas Savickas - Strongman competitions.
Tom Brady - Okay I expected you to know this one but well, it's an american football player. Still plays today.

There are great clips from Varipapa, Reyes, Colon and Negreanu out there. Similar with the French table tennis duo I mentioned.

Crown green bowling?

That's called bowls.

It's called crown green bowling

[vizIIsto]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_green_bowls

Edit: Perhaps better, from the English dictionary:
Bowls: A precision sport where the goal is to roll biased balls (weighted on one side, and called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (the jack or kitty) than one's opponent is able to do.
Bowling: A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling

[Randall]

It's an abbreviation

[HalloweenJack]

My top 10 - in order:
Phil Taylor
Michael Jordan
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Andy Varipapa
Garry Kasparov
Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Seen him do things that truly no one else can do, and he's the only one at that.
Adam Peaty - Put him here instead of Phelps because Phelps was dominant over a broad range, but not even closely as dominant as Peaty is on the breaststroke competition today.
Efren Reyes
Bartolo Colon
Sven Kramer

Some notable mentions:
Steve Davis - I recommend a video of him doing an exhibition in Hungary; he could have been a comedian if he wanted to.
Jacques Secretin & Vincent Purkart - This was a table tennis duo from France that played exhibitions against each other. If you haven't seen footage of these two playing against eachother, I would recommend looking it up. They 'made' the sport, unlike top players today who just try to be the best; these two showed what you can do on a table with a small ball and two rackets.
Bobby Fischer - Could have made a so much bigger impact on the world of chess if he had persisted.
Daniel Negreanu
Zydrunas Savickas
Tom Brady

I assume you are a chess man. You could well add Magnus Carlsen to the list as this guy will no doubt one day be regarded as the G.O.A.T