| ESPN Sportscentury 100 Greatest Athletes |
| Rank |
Name |
| 1 |
Michael Jordan |
| 2 |
Babe Ruth |
| 3 |
Muhammad Ali |
| 4 |
Jim Brown |
| 5 |
Wayne Gretzky |
| 6 |
Jesse Owens |
| 7 |
Jim Thorpe |
| 8 |
Willie Mays |
| 9 |
Jack Nicklaus |
| 10 |
Babe Didrikson Zaharias |
| 11 |
Joe Louis |
| 12 |
Carl Lewis |
| 13 |
Wilt Chamberlain |
| 14 |
Hank Aaron |
| 15 |
Jackie Robinson |
| 16 |
Ted Williams |
| 17 |
Magic Johnson |
| 18 |
Bill Russell |
| 19 |
Martina Navratilova |
| 20 |
Ty Cobb |
| 21 |
Gordie Howe |
| 22 |
Joe DiMaggio |
| 23 |
Jackie Joyner-Kersee |
| 24 |
Sugar Ray Robinson |
| 25 |
Joe Montana |
| 26 |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 27 |
Jerry Rice |
| 28 |
Red Grange |
| 29 |
Arnold Palmer |
| 30 |
Larry Bird |
| 31 |
Bobby Orr |
| 32 |
Johnny Unitas |
| 33 |
Mark Spitz |
| 34 |
Lou Gehrig |
| 35 |
Secretariat |
| 36 |
Oscar Robertson |
| 37 |
Mickey Mantle |
| 38 |
Ben Hogan |
| 39 |
Walter Payton |
| 40 |
Lawrence Taylor |
| 41 |
Wilma Rudolph |
| 42 |
Sandy Koufax |
| 43 |
Julius Erving |
| 44 |
Bobby Jones |
| 45 |
Bill Tilden |
| 46 |
Eric Heiden |
| 47 |
Edwin Moses |
| 48 |
Pete Sampras |
| 49 |
O.J. Simpson |
| 50 |
Chris Evert |
| 51 |
Rocky Marciano |
| 52 |
Jack Dempsey |
| 53 |
Rafer Johnson |
| 54 |
Greg Louganis |
| 55 |
Mario Lemieux |
| 56 |
Pete Rose |
| 57 |
Willie Shoemaker |
| 58 |
Elgin Baylor |
| 59 |
Billie Jean King |
| 60 |
Walter Johnson |
| 61 |
Stan Musial |
| 62 |
Jerry West |
| 63 |
Satchel Paige |
| 64 |
Sammy Baugh |
| 65 |
Althea Gibson |
| 66 |
Eddie Arcaro |
| 67 |
Bob Gibson |
| 68 |
Al Oerter |
| 69 |
Bonnie Blair |
| 70 |
Dick Butkus |
| 71 |
Roberto Clemente |
| 72 |
Bo Jackson |
| 73 |
Josh Gibson |
| 74 |
Deion Sanders |
| 75 |
Dan Marino |
| 76 |
Barry Sanders |
| 77 |
Cy Young |
| 78 |
Bob Mathias |
| 79 |
Gale Sayers |
| 80 |
A.J. Foyt |
| 81 |
Jimmy Connors |
| 82 |
Bobby Hull |
| 83 |
Honus Wagner |
| 84 |
Man O' War |
| 85 |
Maurice Richard |
| 86 |
Otto Graham |
| 87 |
Henry Armstrong |
| 88 |
Joe Namath |
| 89 |
Rogers Hornsby |
| 90 |
Richard Petty |
| 91 |
Bob Beamon |
| 92 |
Mario Andretti |
| 93 |
Don Hutson |
| 94 |
Bob Cousy |
| 95 |
George Blanda |
| 96 |
Michael Johnson |
| 97 |
Citation |
| 98 |
Don Budge |
| 99 |
Sam Snead |
| 100 |
Jack Johnson |
