The 50 Greatest Athletes in the 20th Century
According to ESPN
| 1 | Jackie Robinson |
| 2 | Jim Thorpe |
| 3 | Babe Ruth |
| 4 | Babe Didrickson Zaharias |
| 5 | Jim Brown |
| 6 | Michael Jordan |
| 7 | Muhammad Ali |
| 8 | Bobby Orr |
| 9 | Wilt Chamberlain |
| 10 | Pelé |
| 11 | Honus Wagner |
| 12 | Gordie Howe |
| 13 | Arthur Ashe |
| 14 | Jesse Owens |
| 15 | Julius Erving |
| 16 | Red Grange |
| 17 | George Mikan |
| 18 | Carl Lewis |
| 19 | Bill Russell |
| 20 | Magic Johnson |
| 21 | Willie Mays |
| 22 | Mickey Mantle |
| 23 | Oscar Robertson |
| 24 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee |
| 25 | Steffi Graf |
| 26 | Jack Nicklaus |
| 27 | Jack Johnson |
| 28 | Ty Cobb |
| 29 | Larry Bird |
| 30 | Martina Navratilova |
| 31 | Edwin Moses |
| 32 | Bjorn Borg |
| 33 | Wayne Gretzky |
| 34 | Bobby Jones |
| 35 | Joe DiMaggio |
| 36 | Ted Williams |
| 37 | Rocky Marciano |
| 38 | Otto Graham |
| 39 | Lou Gehrig |
| 40 | Walter Johnson |
| 41 | Bill Tilden |
| 42 | Walter Payton |
| 43 | Eddie Arcaro |
| 44 | Peggy Fleming |
| 45 | Pete Maravich |
| 46 | Hank Aaron |
| 47 | Jacques Plante |
| 48 | Dan Gable |
| 49 | Greg LeMond |
| 50 | Curt Flood |